flourishing
pronunciation
How to pronounce flourishing in British English:
UK ['flɜ:ɪʃɪŋ]
How to pronounce flourishing in American English:
US ['flɜɪʃɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life
- very lively and profitable
Word Origin
- flourishing (adj.)
- late 14c., "prospering, thriving;" c. 1400, "full of flowers," present participle adjective from flourish (v.). Related: Flourishingly.
Example
- 1. Commercial success is an input into flourishing culture .
- 2. A flourishing services industry spawned world-class companies .
- 3. Yet , it is also flourishing .
- 4. Aid alone does not achieve this ; encouraging a flourishing private sector does .
- 5. And quite possibly there would be a flourishing of creative and philosophical thought .