flourishing

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/
(NYC, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/
Hyphenation: flour‧ish‧ing

Adjective

flourishing (comparative more flourishing, superlative most flourishing)

growing, thriving, doing well
a flourishing economy

Synonyms

fortunate, prosperous, successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous

Translations

growing, thriving

Danish: blomstrende
German: blühend (de)
Greek:
Ancient: εὐθαλής (euthalḗs)
Irish: rafar, faoi mhaise, faoi bhláth, faoi rath
Maori: haemata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blomstrende

Verb

flourishing

present participle of flourish

Noun

flourishing (plural flourishings)

The action of the verb flourish; flowering.

References

Oxford Dictionaries
flourishing at OneLook Dictionary Search

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