thriving

thriving
adjective Date: 1604 characterized by success or prosperity <
a thriving business
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thrivingly adverb

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • thriving — thriving; un·thriving; …   English syllables

  • thriving — index cumulative (increasing), prosperous, successful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • thriving — [adj] successful advancing, arrived, blooming, booming, burgeoning, cooking*, developing, doing well, flourishing, going strong*, growing, have it made*, have the wherewithal*, healthy, home free*, on top of heap*, progressing, prolific,… …   New thesaurus

  • thriving — thrive thrive [θraɪv] verb thrived PASTTENSE or throve [θrəʊv ǁ θroʊv] thrived PASTPART [intransit …   Financial and business terms

  • thriving — thri|ving [ˈθraıvıŋ] adj a thriving company, business etc is very successful ▪ a thriving tourist industry …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • thriving — adjective a thriving company, business etc is very successful: a thriving tourist industry …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • thriving — adjective very lively and profitable (Freq. 2) flourishing businesses a palmy time for stockbrokers a prosperous new business doing a roaring trade a thriving tourist center did a thriving business in orchids …   Useful english dictionary

  • Thriving — Thrive Thrive (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. {Throve} (thr[=o]v) or {Thrived} (thr[imac]vd); p. p. {Thrived} or {Thriven} (thr[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Thriving}.] [OE. [thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[=i]fask; probably originally, to grasp for one s… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • thriving — adj. Thriving is used with these nouns: ↑black market, ↑business, ↑colony, ↑community, ↑economy, ↑industry, ↑market, ↑shopping centre, ↑town, ↑trade …   Collocations dictionary

  • thriving — thriv|ing [ θraıvıŋ ] adjective very successful: It has become a thriving business center …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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