thrive
/θɹajv/
thrive verb: to grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
Verb
thrive (third-person singular simple present thrives, present participle thriving, simple past (uncommon) throve or thrived, past participle (uncommon) thriven or thrived)
- To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
- Not all animals thrive well in captivity.
- to thrive upon hard work
- To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.
- Since expanding in June, the business has really thrived.
- […] Deliver me the key.
Here do I choose, and thrive I as I may!c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
thrive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
thrive in Hindi
- to increase in bulk or stature
- फलना phalnā
- to prosper by industry
- फलना phalnā
thrive in Tamil
- to thrive, grow luxuriant, as plants
- தழை taḻai
- to thrive, as a crop
- பலி pali
- to thrive, grow well
- நீடு nīṭu
- to thrive, as vegetation
- பூரி pūri
thrive in Urdu
- بڑھنا, فروغ پانا, پلنا, پنپنا, پروان چڑھنا, پھلنا پھولنا
thrive in Bengali
- বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া, উন্নতি করা
More languagesFewer languages
- thrive in Telugu
- బాగుపడు bāgupaḍu
- thrive in Malayalam
- പൊലിക്കുക polikkuka, എഴുക eḻuka
- thrive in Kannada
- ಒದಗು, ಹುಲಿಸು, ತನಿ, ಕೊನೆ
- thrive in Odia
- ବଢ଼ିବା baṛhibā
- thrive in Sanskrit
- पुष्यति puṣyati
- thrive in Arabic
- ظَهَرَ ẓahara, اِزْدَهَرَ izdahara, أَهَلَّ ʔahalla, أَنْجَحَ ʔanjaḥa
- thrive in Persian
- شکوفیدن šekufidan, شکفتن šekoftan
Examples of thrive in a sentence
- “It seems to me, reverend father,” said the knight, “that the small morsels which you eat, together with this holy, but somewhat thin beverage, have thriven with you marvellously.”1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […]...
- On the Chickahominy, the Hazelwood brothers' fish house at Hicks Island and the Menzel brothers' fish house near the old shipyard thrived by serving local and distant markets.2009, Sara E. Lewis, James City County, page 77:
Forms of thrive
| third-person singular present | thrives |
|---|---|
| present participle | thriving |
| past uncommon | throve |
| past | thrived |
| past participle uncommon | thriven |
| past participle | thrived |
Origin of thrive
From Middle English thryven, thriven, from Old Norse þrífa (“to seize, grasp, take hold, prosper”), from Proto-Germanic *þrībaną (“to seize, prosper”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, *terp- (“to satisfy, enjoy”). Cognate with Swedish trivas, Danish trives, Norwegian Bokmål trives.
Words formed from thrive
Phrases with thrive
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Questions about thrive
- What does thrive mean?
- Thrive means to grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
- What is thrive in Hindi?
- Thrive in Hindi is फलना (phalnā). See Thrive meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use thrive in a sentence?
- “It seems to me, reverend father,” said the knight, “that the small morsels which you eat, together with this holy, but somewhat thin beverage, have thriven with you marvellously.”
- What part of speech is thrive?
- Thrive is a verb.
- How do you pronounce thrive?
- Thrive is pronounced /θɹajv/.
- What is the past tense of thrive?
- The past tense of thrive is throve.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thrive (page history and authors); தழை (Tamil) (page history and authors); thrive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thrive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); బాగుపడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); എഴുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); thrive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ବଢ଼ିବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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