Prosperous Meaning
/ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCharacterized by success.
adjWell off; affluent.
Sentence Examples
The guests wished the happy couple a long and prosperous life.
That town looked prosperous.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ company expanded its operations to several countries successfully.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ merchant built a grand house on the hill overlooking the town he had helped to grow.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French prospereus, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“to cause to succeed”), from Old Latin pro spere (“according to expectation”), from pro (“for”) + spes (“hope”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He wondered how many people were destitute that same night even in his own prosperous country, how many homes were shanties, how many husbands were drunk and wives socked, and how many children were bullied, abused or abandoned."
— 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 428:
"So draw him home to those that mourn
In vain; a favourable speed
Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead
Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn."
— 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto IX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ company expanded its operations to several countries successfully.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ merchant built a grand house on the hill overlooking the town he had helped to grow.