thrive
to grow, prosper
TRANSLATION
thrive = wachsen, gedeihen --- GOOGLE INDEX thrive: approximately 17,000,000 Google hits
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Companies that adapt quickest to environmental change will THRIVE by expanding into new areas and gaining green-minded customers.
(New Scientist magazine)
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Can Online Education THRIVE in China?
(The Atlantic magazine)
(New Scientist magazine)
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Can Online Education THRIVE in China?
(The Atlantic magazine)
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thrive
verb
- to grow, develop or be successful
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Thrive is from a Scandinavian source similar to the Old Norse "þrifask" (to clutch, grasp, grip, take hold of) by way of the Middle English "thriven." It is comparable to the Norwegian triva "to seize," Swedish trifvas and Danish trives "to thrive, flourish."
The basic definition means to grow and prosper. In the context of industry and business for instance, this implies success (The company is thriving in the Asian market). People can of course thrive through growth and personal success (Our son is thriving at the university).
Thrive is also frequently used in biology to describe plants and animals, including viruses and bacteria, that are successfully reproducing and growing (Redwood trees have thrived in northern California for millions of years. Researchers believe the bacteria thrive in warm and humid environments.)
Thrive is similar to "drive" in the way it is conjugated - or broken down into its different tenses - with the exception of the past tense "thrived," which drive does not use. Otherwise he "thrives" (present), he "throve" (simple past), his is "thriving" (present participle) or he has "thriven" (present perfect).
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Tomato plants thrive in very warm climates."
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verb
- to grow, develop or be successful
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Thrive is from a Scandinavian source similar to the Old Norse "þrifask" (to clutch, grasp, grip, take hold of) by way of the Middle English "thriven." It is comparable to the Norwegian triva "to seize," Swedish trifvas and Danish trives "to thrive, flourish."
The basic definition means to grow and prosper. In the context of industry and business for instance, this implies success (The company is thriving in the Asian market). People can of course thrive through growth and personal success (Our son is thriving at the university).
Thrive is also frequently used in biology to describe plants and animals, including viruses and bacteria, that are successfully reproducing and growing (Redwood trees have thrived in northern California for millions of years. Researchers believe the bacteria thrive in warm and humid environments.)
Thrive is similar to "drive" in the way it is conjugated - or broken down into its different tenses - with the exception of the past tense "thrived," which drive does not use. Otherwise he "thrives" (present), he "throve" (simple past), his is "thriving" (present participle) or he has "thriven" (present perfect).
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Tomato plants thrive in very warm climates."
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Thanks to Birgit for suggesting today's word!
