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2 fig [market, business, community] prospérer ; to thrive on sth/on doing [person] se complaire dans qch/à faire ; to thrive on [idea, thing] se nourrir de. -
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(a) (plant) pousser (bien); (child) grandir, se développer; (adult) se porter bien, respirer la santé;∎ the plants thrive in peaty soil les plantes poussent bien dans un sol tourbeux;∎ she thrived on the mountain air l'air des montagnes lui réussissait très bien;∎ young children thrive on affection les enfants ont besoin d'affection pour s'épanouir;∎ some people thrive on stress il y a certaines personnes à qui le stress réussit;∎ to thrive on danger aimer le danger, se complaire dans les situations dangereuses;∎ to thrive on other people's misfortunes se repaître de la misère d'autrui;∎ do I like it? I thrive on it! si j'aime ça? j'adore!
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Thriven — Thriv en, p. p. of {Thrive}. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thriven — /thrivˈn/ adjective 1. Grown, developed 2. Successful • • • Main Entry: ↑thrive … Useful english dictionary
Thriven — Thrive Thrive (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. {Throve} (thr[=o]v) or {Thrived} (thr[imac]vd); p. p. {Thrived} or {Thriven} (thr[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Thriving}.] [OE. [thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[=i]fask; probably originally, to grasp for one s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thriven — adj. == virtuous, good. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 26; ‘thriven and thro.’ Body and Soul, 87; ‘thryven in thro.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 26, and see p. 39 … Oldest English Words
thriven — un·thriven; … English syllables
thriven — θraɪv v. prosper, flourish, succeed … English contemporary dictionary
thriven — UK [θraɪvən] / US thrive … English dictionary
wan-thriven — … Useful english dictionary
well-thriven — … Useful english dictionary
thrive — thriver, n. thrivingly, adv. /thruyv/, v.i., thrived or throve, thrived or thriven /thriv euhn/, thriving. 1. to prosper; be fortunate or successful. 2. to grow or develop vigorously; flourish: The children thrived in the country. [1150 1200; ME… … Universalium
Thrive — (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. {Throve} (thr[=o]v) or {Thrived} (thr[imac]vd); p. p. {Thrived} or {Thriven} (thr[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Thriving}.] [OE. [thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[=i]fask; probably originally, to grasp for one s self, from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English