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}
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{
"text": "Not all animals thrive well in captivity.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to thrive upon hard work",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section X",
"text": "So, on I went. I think I never saw / Such starved ignoble nature; nothing throve: / For flowers - as well expect a cedar grove!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 4, in The Hobbit",
"text": "Dwarves had not passed that way for many years, but Gandalf had, and he knew how evil and danger had grown and thriven in the Wild, since the dragons had driven men from the lands, and the goblins had spread in secret after the battle of the Mines of Moria.",
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{
"ref": "1941, Emily Carr, chapter 3, in Klee Wyck",
"text": "The growing things jumbled themselves together into a dense thicket; so tensely earnest were things about growing in Skedans that everything linked with everything else, hurrying to grow to the limit of its own capacity; weeds and weaklings alike throve in the rich moistness.",
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"To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish."
],
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],
[
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"vigorously"
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[
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{
"text": "Since expanding in June, the business has really thrived.",
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{
"ref": "2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
"text": "Though they obviously realized that these episodes were part of something wonderful and important and lasting, the writers and producers couldn’t have imagined that 20 years later “Treehouse Of Horror” wouldn’t just survive; it’d thrive as one of the most talked-about and watched episodes of every season of The Simpsons.",
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"To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable."
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"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "izdahara",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "اِزْدَهَرَ"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔahalla",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "أَهَلَّ"
},
{
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"roman": "ʔanjaḥa",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "أَنْجَحَ"
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"roman": "ʔaḍāʔa",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "أَضَاءَ"
},
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"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "أَبْلَجَ"
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"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "زَهَرَ"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "procǎftjavam",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "процъфтявам"
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preuspjavam",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "преуспявам"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperar"
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"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vzkvétat"
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"_dis1": "30 70",
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"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dařit se"
},
{
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"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prosperovat"
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{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "kukoistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prospérer"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "s’épanouir"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "aufblühen"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "blühen"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "florieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperare"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "fiorire"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prōveniō"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "vigeō"
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{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "plaukt"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "tipu"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "whakapuāwai"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "thryven"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagodenstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "благоденствовать"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "preuspevatʹ",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "преуспевать"
},
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"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "procvetatʹ",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "процветать"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "puṣyati",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "पुष्यति"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperirati"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "medrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "büyümek"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "işi iyi gitmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "zenginleşmek"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/θɹaɪv/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪv"
},
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"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ẓahara",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "ظَهَرَ"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rasta bujno",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "раста буйно"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "créixer"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "繁榮"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fánróng",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "繁荣"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "prospívat"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
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"tags": [
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"word": "prosperovat"
},
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"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "růst"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "vzkvétat"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "trives"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "gedijen"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"note": "of plants",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "ærast"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of plants",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "viihtyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "1&2: croître 2:prospérer"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "gedeihen"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "prosperieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thállō",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "θάλλω"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sigség",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "שִֹגְשֵֹג"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "jól megvan"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "prosperare"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"alt": "はんえいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "han'ei suru",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "繁栄する"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "vigeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "ngaruru"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "whakapuāwai"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "thryven"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "blomstre"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šekufidan",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "شکوفیدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šekoftan",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "شکفتن"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "prosperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "desenvolver-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rascvetatʹ",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расцветать"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "cvesti",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "цвести"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razrastatʹsja",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разрастаться"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bujno rasti",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "буйно расти"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pyšno rasti",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "пышно расти"
},
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"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "dae guid"
},
{
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "bujati"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "prosperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "crecer"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "medrar"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "frodas"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "gelişmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "inkişaf etmek"
}
],
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"text": "Though they obviously realized that these episodes were part of something wonderful and important and lasting, the writers and producers couldn’t have imagined that 20 years later “Treehouse Of Horror” wouldn’t just survive; it’d thrive as one of the most talked-about and watched episodes of every season of The Simpsons.",
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"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
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"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "繁榮"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "繁荣"
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "gedijen"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"note": "of plants",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "ærast"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of plants",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "viihtyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "1&2: croître 2:prospérer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "gedeihen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "prosperieren"
},
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"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "θάλλω"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sigség",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "שִֹגְשֵֹג"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "jól megvan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "prosperare"
},
{
"alt": "はんえいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "han'ei suru",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "繁栄する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "vigeō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "ngaruru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "whakapuāwai"
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"code": "enm",
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"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "thryven"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "blomstre"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šekufidan",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "شکوفیدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šekoftan",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "شکفتن"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "prosperar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "desenvolver-se"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rascvetatʹ",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
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],
"word": "расцветать"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "cvesti",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"tags": [
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"word": "цвести"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razrastatʹsja",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "разрастаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bujno rasti",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "буйно расти"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pyšno rasti",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "пышно расти"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "dae guid"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "bujati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "prosperar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "crecer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "medrar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "frodas"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "gelişmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to increase in bulk or stature",
"word": "inkişaf etmek"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "izdahara",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "اِزْدَهَرَ"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔahalla",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "أَهَلَّ"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔanjaḥa",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "أَنْجَحَ"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaḍāʔa",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "أَضَاءَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔablaja",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "أَبْلَجَ"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zahara",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "زَهَرَ"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zahara",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "زَهَرَ"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "procǎftjavam",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "процъфтявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preuspjavam",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "преуспявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
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"word": "vzkvétat"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "dařit se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prosperovat"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "kukoistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prospérer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "s’épanouir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "aufblühen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "blühen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "florieren"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "fiorire"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prōveniō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "vigeō"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "plaukt"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "tipu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "whakapuāwai"
},
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"code": "enm",
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"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "thryven"
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"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagodenstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "благоденствовать"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "preuspevatʹ",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "преуспевать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "procvetatʹ",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "процветать"
},
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "puṣyati",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "पुष्यति"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "prosperar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "medrar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "büyümek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "işi iyi gitmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prosper by industry",
"word": "zenginleşmek"
}
],
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}
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