"flourishing" meaning in English

See flourishing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/ [New-York-City, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more flourishing [comparative], most flourishing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} flourishing (comparative more flourishing, superlative most flourishing)
  1. Growing, thriving, prospering. Synonyms: fortunate, prosperous, successful Derived forms: flourishingly, unflourishing Translations (growing, thriving): εὐθαλής (euthalḗs) (Ancient Greek), blomstrende (Danish), blühend (German), rafar (Irish), faoi mhaise (Irish), faoi bhláth (Irish), faoi rath (Irish), haemata (Maori), blomstrende (Norwegian Bokmål), عمران (ʼümran) (Ottoman Turkish)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/ [New-York-City, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: flourishings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flourishing (plural flourishings)
  1. An act or instance of thriving or flowering.
    Sense id: en-flourishing-en-noun-qnTFGQd9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 13 17 27 3 2 5
  2. A bold, sweeping movement.
    Sense id: en-flourishing-en-noun-BRPinTso Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 13 17 27 3 2 5
  3. A period of greatest influence.
    Sense id: en-flourishing-en-noun-rfh2JY9x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 13 17 27 3 2 5
  4. A boasting or bragging.
    Sense id: en-flourishing-en-noun-m6DuDlPL
  5. The brandishing of a weapon.
    Sense id: en-flourishing-en-noun--EIX~xUR

Verb

IPA: /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/ [New-York-City, Received-Pronunciation]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flourishing
  1. present participle and gerund of flourish Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: flourish
    Sense id: en-flourishing-en-verb-N1h-eqJY

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ga",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "word": "faoi bhláth"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "growing, thriving",
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