English-Thai Dictionary

prosperity

N ความสำเร็จ  ความเจริญรุ่งเรือง  ความรุ่งโรจน์  accomplishment victory kwam-sam-red

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROSPERITY

n.[L. prosperitas.] Advance or gain in any thing good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success; attainment of the object desired; as the prosperity of arts; agricultural or commercial prosperity; national prosperity. Our disposition to abuse the blessings of providence renders prosperity dangerous. The prosperity of fools shall destroy them. Proverbs 1:32.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROSPERITY

Pros *per "i *ty, n. Etym: [F. prospérité, L. prosperitas. See Prosperous. ]

 

Defn: 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 the Jer. Taylor.

 

Syn. -- Fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate. -- Pros "per *ous *ly, adv. -- Pros "per *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prosperity

pros per i ty |präˈsperitē prɑˈspɛrədi | ▶noun the state of being prosperous: a long period of prosperity. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French prosperite, from Latin prosperitas, from prosperus ‘doing well. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

prosperity

pros ¦per |ity |prɒˈspɛrɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of being prosperous: a long period of peace and prosperity. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French prosperite, from Latin prosperitas, from prosperus ‘doing well ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prosperity

prosperity noun she deserves all the prosperity she now enjoys: success, profitability, affluence, wealth, opulence, luxury, the good life, milk and honey, (good ) fortune, ease, plenty, comfort, security, well-being. ANTONYMS hardship, failure.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prosperity

prosperity noun Britain's prosperity depends on its exports: wealth, success, profitability, affluence, riches, opulence, the good life, (good ) fortune, ease, plenty, welfare, comfort, security, well-being; luxury, life of luxury, milk and honey, a bed of roses; prosperousness, successfulness; archaic speed, Godspeed. ANTONYMS hardship; failure.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prosperity

pros per i ty /prɑspérəti |prɔs -/→prosper 名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U ｟かたく ｠繁栄 ; (特に経済面での )成功 ; 幸運 ▸ an era of sustained prosperity 繁栄が続いた時代 2 〖-ties 〗好況 .