[V] to become, and continue to be, successful, strong, healthy, etc:
New businesses thrive in this area. * These animals rarely thrive in captivity.
thriving adjective:
a thriving industry / city / garden
PHRASALVERBS
thrive on sth to enjoy sth or be successful at sth, especially sth that other people would not like:
He thrives on hard work.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is thrive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, thrive is tagged as verb.
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