"prosperous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-prosperous.ogg [US] Forms: prosperous [positive], more prosperous [comparative], most prosperous [superlative]
Etymology: prosper + -ous Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|prosper|ous}} prosper + -ous Head templates: {{adjective|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Something that is prosperous is financially successful.
    Sense id: simple-prosperous-en-adj-v0yI6SJe
  2. A person or thing that is prosperous has a lot of money.
    Sense id: simple-prosperous-en-adj-zFq18SVf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ous
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