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In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
John Churton Collins

Meaning of "prosperity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSPERITY

prosperity  [prɒˈspɛrɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSPERITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prosperity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROSPERITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prosperity

Prosperity is the state of flourishing, thriving, good fortune and / or successful social status. Prosperity often encompasses wealth but also includes others factors which can be independent of wealth to varying degrees, such as happiness and health.

Definition of prosperity in the English dictionary

The definition of prosperity in the dictionary is the condition of prospering; success or wealth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSPERITY


alterity
ɔːlˈtɛrɪtɪ
ambidexterity
ˌæmbɪdɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
asperity
æˈspɛrɪtɪ
austerity
ɒˈstɛrɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
celerity
sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ
charity
ˈtʃærɪtɪ
coprosperity
ˌkəʊprɒˈspɛrɪtɪ
dexterity
dɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
ferity
ˈfɛrɪtɪ
majority
məˈdʒɒrɪtɪ
minority
maɪˈnɒrɪtɪ
posterity
pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ
pretty
ˈprɪtɪ
procerity
prəʊˈsɛrɪtɪ
security
sɪˈkjʊərɪtɪ
sinisterity
ˌsɪnɪˈstɛrɪtɪ
temerity
tɪˈmɛrɪtɪ
verity
ˈvɛrɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSPERITY

prospect
prospecting
prospection
prospective
prospectively
prospectiveness
prospectless
prospector
prospects
prospectus
prosper
prosperity gospel
prosperous
prosperously
prosperousness
pross
prossie
Prost
prostacyclin
prostaglandin

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSPERITY

breach of security
clarity
homeland security
in the majority
indexterity
insincerity
integrity
inverity
jequerity
legerity
maturity
priority
purity
queerity
severity
similarity
sincerity
social security
solidarity
sorority

Synonyms and antonyms of prosperity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROSPERITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «prosperity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of prosperity

Translation of «prosperity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSPERITY

Find out the translation of prosperity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prosperity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prosperity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

繁荣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prosperidad
570 millions of speakers

English

prosperity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समृद्धि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إِزْدِهَار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

процветание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prosperidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমৃদ্ধি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prospérité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemakmuran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wohlstand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

繁栄
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

번영
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamakmuran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự thịnh vượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செழிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समृद्धी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

refah
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prosperità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pomyślność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

процвітання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prosperitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευημερία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorspoed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

välstånd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fremgang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prosperity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSPERITY»

The term «prosperity» is very widely used and occupies the 16.518 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSPERITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prosperity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prosperity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prosperity

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROSPERITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prosperity.
1
James Allen
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.
2
Isabel Allende
I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
3
Roy Barnes
I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity.
4
Bob Beauprez
Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens.
5
Omar Bongo
The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.
6
Terry Branstad
You can't borrow your way to prosperity.
7
Julian Castro
My grandmother's generation and generations before always saw beyond the horizons of their own lives and their own circumstances. They believed that opportunity created today would lead to prosperity tomorrow.
8
John Churton Collins
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
9
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.
10
Mitch Daniels
The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSPERITY»

Discover the use of prosperity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prosperity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Prosperity without growth: economics for a finite planet
The book opens up dialogue on the most urgent task of our times—the challenge of a new prosperity encompassing our ability to flourish as human beings—within the ecological limits of a finite planet.
Tim Jackson, 2009
2
Inequality And Prosperity: Social Europe Vs. Liberal America
Jonas Pontusson opposes the notion of convergence: he believes that social-market economies can survive and flourish in the contemporary world economy.
Jonas Pontusson, 2005
3
Tourism and Poverty Reduction: Pathways to Prosperity
Detailed economic analysis remains buried and is rarely challenged for policy implications, let alone poverty implications. This book provides an overview and synthesis of a broad array of analyses of how tourism affects poverty.
Jonathan Mitchell, Caroline Ashley, 2010
4
Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in the Age ...
The author of The Age of Diminished Expectations looks at the evolution of economic ideas in America, discussing the work of Milton Friedman, Reaganomics, and academic economists from the Left. 12,000 first printing.
Paul R. Krugman, 1995
5
Prosperity
With a complete set of Fillmore's questions for readers to help them understand each lesson. The title of the book 'Prosperity' refers as much to spiritual 'Prosperity' as it does to Material 'Prosperity.
Charles Fillmore, 2007
6
Health, Wealth & Happiness: Has the Prosperity Gospel ...
A timely exploration and discussion of the prosperity gospel movement
David Wayne Jones, Russell S. Woodbridge
7
Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of ...
Using the tools of modern political economics and combining economic theory with a bird's-eye view of the data, this book reinterprets Smith's pillars of prosperity to explain the existence of development clusters--places that tend to ...
Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson, 2011
8
The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity: A Simple Guide to ...
Gaines, an ordained Unity minister, has been delivering her inspirational, life-changing message to audiences of all faiths at workshops across the country. Now she brings her powerful words to readers of this, her first book.
Edwene Gaines, 2005
9
Poverty Amidst Prosperity: The Urban Poor in England, 1834-1914
Demonstrates how people reacted to poverty and highlights their coping strategies
Carl Chinn, 1995
10
The four laws of debt free prosperity
Paul Smith is in debt. He doesn't see a way out. A woman, Mary Sessions, teaches Paul the Four Laws of Debt-free prosperity.
Blaine Harris, Charles A. Coonradt, Lee Nelson, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSPERITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prosperity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Scope of agriculture sector bringing prosperity limited: Panagariya
NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya on Monday said the potential of farm sector to bring prosperity to a vast population in the long-run is ... «Times of India, May 15»
2
Bolivia caravan celebrates return of god of prosperity
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hundreds of people have been marching through the streets of Bolivia's capital tossing flowers and dancing to celebrate the return of a ... «Yahoo News, Jan 15»
3
BC First Nations dismayed by extensions for New Prosperity
The province granted a five-year extension to a certificate that had been given to an earlier version of the New Prosperity mine near Williams Lake. «680 News, Jan 15»
4
European countries dominate in global prosperity rankings
Norway has been named the most prosperous country in the world for the sixth ... European countries dominate the top 30 of the Prosperity Index, while the UK ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
5
Koch Brothers' Americans for Prosperity Ramps Up For Midterms …
They are the backbone of Americans for Prosperity, the flagship organization of the political network backed by industrialist billionaires Charles and David Koch. «Huffington Post, Oct 14»
6
Mike Pence 'grateful' for David Koch, Americans for Prosperity
DALLAS — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday night praised David Koch and Americans for Prosperity for their activism in his home state and across the ... «Politico, Aug 14»
7
Americans For Prosperity Spends $410K On Ads Thanking Mike …
Americans for Prosperity says it's spending nearly $410,000 for radio and television ads that begin today and run until the day before the Aug. 5th Republican ... «KMUW, Jul 14»
8
Koch brothers Americans for Prosperity plans 125 million spending …
The projected budget for Americans for Prosperity would be unprecedented for a private political group in a midterm, and would likely rival even the spending of ... «Politico, May 14»
9
Aurora theater victims decry use of image in AFP ad against Mark …
This screenshot from a commercial that ran in Colorado by Americans For Prosperity shows Senator Mark Udall with President Barack Obama with the words ... «The Denver Post, Apr 14»
10
Taseko seeks new review of New Prosperity mine rejection
B.C.-based Taseko Mines Ltd. is applying for another judicial review of the federal government's rejection of its proposed New Prosperity gold and copper mine ... «CBC.ca, Mar 14»

REFERENCE
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