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flourish
What does flourish mean?
flourish (verb): to thrive or grow well.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use flourish in a sentence?
- The barley flourished in the warm weather. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce flourish?
/ˈflɝɹɪʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does flourish come from?
From Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of flourish?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “flourish” mean?
to occur or take place
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begin to be; turn into
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to inspect; to examine
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to thrive or grow well
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Which word is closest in meaning to “flourish”?
become
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happen
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report
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thrive
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