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pros⋅per⋅i⋅ty
[pro-sper-i-tee] 
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–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, esp. in financial respects; good fortune. |
| 2. | prosperities, prosperous circumstances. |
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| pros·per·i·ty (prŏ-spěr'ĭ-tē) n. The condition of being prosperous. |
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Prosperity
Pros*per"i*ty\, n. [F. prosp['e]rit['e], L. prosperitas. See Prosperous.] The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity. Now prosperity begins to mellow. --Shak. Prosperities can only be enjoyed by them who fear not at all to lose them. -- Jer. Taylor. Syn: Prosperousness; thrift; weal; welfare; well being; happiness.
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Language Translation for : prosperity
Spanish:
prosperidad,
German:
der Wohlstand,
Japanese:
繁栄
prosperity
c.1225, from O.Fr. prosperite (c.1140), from L. prosperitatem (nom. prosperitas) "good fortune," from prosperus (see prosper).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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