prosperity Definition
pros·per·ity (präs per′ə tē)
noun pl. -·ties
prosperous condition; good fortune, wealth, success, etc.
Etymology: ME prosperite < OFr < L prosperitas < prosperus
prosperity Synonyms
prosperity
n.
Good fortune
accomplishment, victory, successfulness; see success 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.
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