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prosperity Definition

pros·per·ity (präs perə tē)

noun pl. -·ties

prosperous condition; good fortune, wealth, success, etc.

Etymology: ME prosperite < OFr < L prosperitas < prosperus

prosperity Synonyms

prosperity

n.

  1. Good fortune

    accomplishment, victory, successfulness; see success 2.

  2. Inflation

    expansion, exorbitance, affluence; see increase 1.

prosperity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rise: Indeed in the late 1990s US personal savings plunged dramatically with rising prosperity.
  • bring: Work brought wealth, which in turn brought prosperity.
  • enhance: Their work aims to enhance prosperity and well-being in the UK by demonstrating and promoting the vital role of design in a modern economy.
  • grow: Shares rise over the long term reflecting the growing prosperity of industry.
  • attain: His prosperity attained its highest point in 1837, when he ought, he says, to have retired.
  • boost: The free movement of goods and services across borders boosts prosperity.

Adjective modifier

  • economic: Rail freight is critical for the economic prosperity of Great Britain.
  • continued: Continued prosperity in the Gulf States means there will be an increased use of private air charter he believes.
  • unprecedented: Taiwan's competitive and dynamic free-market economy has brought unprecedented prosperity to all levels of society.
  • increased: Increased prosperity has gone hand in hand with poverty.
  • future: Nothing less than the future prosperity of the European model is at stake " .
  • long-term: There is a risk that this will undermine the UK's long-term prosperity.

Modifies a noun

gospel: For me the prosperity gospel is an answer to the question " How does God want to bless us?

Noun used with modifier

spread: The richer countries should act in accordance with what they know to be true: free trade spreads prosperity.

Possessives

nation: The recent Cabinet Office report Sharing the Nation's Prosperity had put a different perspective on the debate.

Preposition: in

region: Stable and peaceful relations across the Taiwan Strait are critical to lasting peace, security, and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.

Preposition: of

  • nation: At the last general election, Labor said: pensioners should share fairly in the increasing prosperity of the nation.
  • town: The prosperity of these towns was built on wool.
  • region: This can only be good news for businesses of all sizes and for the prosperity of the region as a whole.
  • agriculture: He was ' passionately preoccupied ' with the state of the working classes, while Wellington was more concerned for the prosperity of agriculture.