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Definition: Prosperity |
ProsperityNoun1. An economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment. 2. The condition of prospering; having good fortune. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "prosperity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonym: ProsperitySynonym: successfulness (n). (additional references) |
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Prosperity is a town located in Raleigh County, West Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,310.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Prosperity, South Carolina."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prosperity | Noun: prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence; (wealth); success; thrift, roaring trade; good fortune, smiles of fortune; blessings, godsend. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Prosperity |
| English words defined with "prosperity": bless, blighted, bloom, blossom, boom, boom town ♦ Common thrift, conjoined, conjoint ♦ efflorescence, Elizabeth, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan age ♦ Fair-world, Favorer, flower, flush, fortune, Frey, Freyr ♦ God speed, golden, Golden Age ♦ halcyon, heyday ♦ ill-being, Improsperity, Ionic dialect ♦ millenarian, millenarist ♦ Njord, Njorth ♦ peak, prime, prosperous ♦ Secundation, Slavophile, spoilt, success ♦ Thrivingness, Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus ♦ Ups and downs ♦ Vespasian ♦ Wel-begone, Wele, Weleful, Whole snipe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "prosperity": Prosperity Robinson. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "prosperity": Weleful. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | Prosperity is the best protector of principle. (references; author: Mark Twain) When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Planning Prosperity Together (1970) Prosperity Hello (1934) The Girl From Prosperity (1914) | |
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 | Front (east) portico. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1959. (Reproduction Number: HABS, VT, 14-WOOD,1-4) Job Lyman, a young lawyer from Northampton, Massachusetts, finished this house in the village of Woodstock in 1810. He and his bride, Mary Hall, lived in it for many years while Job practiced law in town. The finely carved Neoclassical detailing on the entrance porch suggests Lyman's refined taste and the prosperity of Woodstock at the time of construction. Decorated with fluted Ionic columns and scrolled ornament, the porch also features steps made of granite from a nearby quarry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Prosperity has its penalties. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Prosperity barometer. Our neighbor whose name is on all the sucker lists says mail is almost back to normal --. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Foreign trade is a product of prosperity, not a cause of it. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Prosperity Special crossing the Pecos river, near Langtry, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Peace - prosperity. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sketch for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled Government, located at entrance to the main reading room of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, showing nude woman, seated, with sheet draped over her legs. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Study for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled The Government, located at entrance to the main reading room of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Cartoon taken from front page of Columbus, Georgia newspaper (Free Press), Sunday, December 15, 1940, indicating boomtown and prosperity because of defense construction around Fort Benning. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Peace and prosperity symbolized by healthy, happy workers standing over the broken bonds of tyranny--Abundant harvest and industrial growth illuminated by rising sun] / MN [monogram]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Confucius | When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. |
Crispus | In truth, prosperity tries the souls even of the wise. |
Euripides | Much effort, much prosperity. |
Francis Bacon | Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue. |
George Washington | Prosperity destroys fools and endangers the wise. |
Horace | Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. |
Pliny The Elder | Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great. |
Publilius Syrus | Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. |
Victor Hugo | Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Secondly, The power of punishing he wholly gives up, and engages his natural force, (which he might before employ in the execution of the law of nature, by his own single authority, as he thought fit) to assist the executive power of the society, as the law thereof shall require: for being now in a new state, wherein he is to enjoy many conveniencies, from the labour, assistance, and society of others in the same community, as well as protection from its whole strength; he is to part also with as much of his natural liberty, in providing for himself, as the good, prosperity, and safety of the society shall require; which is not only necessary, but just, since the other members of the society do the like. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1932) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Their prosperity scatters its crumbs to those who are behind the scenes, in the shape of nice little promotions. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | So now prosperity begins to mellow And drop into the rotten mouth of death. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The travel and tourism sector specifically benefits from Belgian prosperity and US-Belgian trade. (references) | |
The reason for this is the increasing prosperity of the Polish middle class and rising numbers of foreign tourists. (references) | ||
But with the more open policies and increased prosperity of the past decade, more students have been financing their own overseas study. (references) | ||
Economic History | Andorra | The results of Andorra's elections thus far indicate that many support the government's reform initiatives and believe Andorra must, to some degree, integrate into the European Union in order to continue to enjoy its prosperity. (references) |
Democratic Republic of Congo | The U.S. supports a resolution to the current conflict and encourages peace, prosperity, democracy, and respect for human rights in DROC. (references) | |
Syria | Syrian prosperity depends heavily on oil revenues, foreign aid, remittances from Syrian workers abroad, and the vagaries of agricultural production. (references) | |
Minorities | Nepal | Better education and higher levels of prosperity, especially in the Kathmandu Valley, slowly are reducing caste distinctions and increasing opportunities for lower socioeconomic groups. (references) |
Political Economy | IRELAND | The current partnership agreement, the Program for Prosperity and Fairness, trades off moderation by trade unions in wage demands in return for cuts in personal taxation by the government. (references) |
IRELAND | The latest agreement, the Program for Prosperity and Fairness, took effect at the beginning of April 2000 and trades off continued wage/pay moderation by trade unions in return for substantial cuts in personal taxation; (c) The promotion of greater competition and liberalization in the economy, and reducing the number of state-owned industries, particularly in the provision of transport, energy and communications services; (d) The availability of a special ten percent rate of corporate taxation and generous grants to attract foreign investment, which rises to 12.5 percent from 2003 onwards; (e) a commitment to the single European market and to Irish participation in EMU; (f) High levels of investment in education and training (of all OECD countries, only the Japanese workforce has a higher proportion of trained engineers and scientists); and (g) Improvements in physical infrastructure (in all areas from roads to environmental systems to housing stock, details of which are contained in the National Development Plan 2000-2006). Structural investment between 2000-2006 is expected to total around 48 billion dollars. (references) | |
Political Rights | Singapore | The PAP has maintained its political dominance in part by developing voter support through effective administration and its record in bringing economic prosperity to the country, and in part by manipulating the electoral framework, intimidating organized political opposition, and circumscribing the bounds of legitimate political discourse and action. (references) |
Trade | Haiti | CBTPA, passed by Congress as part of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, is designed to provide greater duty-free access to U.S. markets for Caribbean and Central American nations, as a means of illustrating the importance of trade in fostering peace abroad and prosperity in the United States. (references) |
West Bank | Improving private-sector opportunities to achieve increased employment and incomes will help build support for the peace process and provide a stable foundation for long-term prosperity. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Nauru | The transient nature of the mostly foreign work force and the relative prosperity of the citizenry also have served to hamper efforts to organize the labor force. (references) |
Turkey | Public workers who are part of collective labor agreements also received an inflation-indexed increase and a 5 percent prosperity rate increase. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DISTRESS, n. A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
General Richard Myers | I would just characterize it slightly different. Nobody says this is going to be an easy environment or this is going to be an easy path to peace and prosperity in Afghanistan. |
Rush Limbaugh | In recent years, our country has experienced unprecedented prosperity and, with the end of the Cold War, the illusion of impenetrable borders. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Among the unequivocal indications of our national prosperity is the flourishing state of our finances. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Under an over-ruling and merciful Providence the agency of this spirit has thus far been signalized in the prosperity and glory of our beloved country. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Greater production is the key to prosperity and peace. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Too many unemployed are still looking for the blessings of prosperity. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Our continued prosperity demands continued price stability. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Look to where peace and prosperity flourish today. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Men and women of the world move toward free markets through the door to prosperity. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | America has been a force for peace and prosperity in every corner of the globe. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Freed from the weight of oppression, Iraq's people will be able to share in the progress and prosperity of our time. |
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| "Prosperity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.73% of the time. "Prosperity" is used about 1,093 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.73% | 1,090 | 6,922 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.27% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,093 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Prosperity International Holdings (HK) Ltd. | USA | Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Prosperity, PA 2. Prosperity, SC (town, FIPS 58705) 3. Prosperity, WV (CDP, FIPS 65836) |
Expressions using "prosperity": economic prosperity ♦ era of prosperity. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "prosperity": prosperity-of. | |
Ending with "prosperity": Co-prosperity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "prosperity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | welvaart (success, well-being). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përparim (advance, advancement, furtherance, headway, progress), mirëqenie (weal, welfare, well being), mbrothësi (flourish), mbarësi (luckiness), lulëzim (bloom, blooming, blossoming, blow, blowing, efflorescence, exfoliation, florescence, flourish, flower, flowering, heyday, inflorescence, meridian, pride, prime, thrift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نمو (accretion, development, evolution, expansion, gathering, growth, increase, outgrowth, sprouting, upgrowth), نماء (accession, growth, improvement, outgrowth, propagation, sprouting), نجاح (go, god speed, hit, success), نشاط (action, activity, alacrity, bang, bounce, energy, forcefulness, ginger, go, kick, lift, liveliness, mettle, momentum, movement, pep, promptitude, pursuit, spirit, spunk, stir, strenuousness, tuck, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, zip), عمران (construction, inhabitedness), إزدهار (boom, flower, growth, health, swell), ثراء (riches), رفاهية (comfort, luxury, well being), رخاء (health, opulence), ربح (account, bonus, draw, earning, gain, in pocket, increase, increment, jackpot, lucre, make, pay, payoff, pelf, percentage, pocket, profit, revenue, win). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сполука (speed, success), охолство (affluence, ease, flesh-pots), благополучие (bonanza, up, welfare, well being), благоденствие (affluence, flushness, speed, weal, welfare), процъфтяване (sunshine), преуспяване (flourishing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 繁荣 (Prosper, Prospered, Prospering), 景氣 (boom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prosperita (welfare, well), rozkvìt (florescence, fructification, heyday, rise), blahobyt (affluence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | welstand (success, well-being), voorspoed (success), geluk (happiness, luck, success), bloei (success). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | prospero (success). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | موفقیت (Success), کامیابی (Glee, Good, Palm, Speed, Success), کامکاری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vauraus (affluence, wealth), hyvinvointi (health, well-being). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prospérité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wohlstand (affluence, fortune, wealth, well-being), prosperität, Erfolg (achievement, conclusion, effect, fruit, hit, joy, outcome, profit, prosperousness, result, success, winner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευημερία (prosperousness, weal, welfare, well being, wenfare, wheal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ש'שו' (boom, flourishing, growth, heyday, proliferation, success, well being), פריח" (bloom, blossom, flourishing, flowering), אמי"ות (sufficiency of means, wealth), "צלח" (luck, success, successfulness), רוח" (comfort, relief, roominess, welfare, well being). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | konjunktúra (boom, boom times), jólét (abundance, comfort, flesh-pots of egypt, flourish, pecuniary ease, plenty, sufficiency, weal, wealth, welfare, well being), boldogulás (pick-up, weal, welfare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kerezekian, kemakmuran (affluence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | bail. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prosperit (flourishing, welfare), agiatezza (affluence, comfort, ease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 隆盛 , 裕福 (affluence), 興隆 (rise), 繁盛 (flourishing, thriving), 繁 (flourishing, prospering, thriving), 盛況 (success). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うりゅう (alternating current, confinement, detention, exchange, hidden genius, hold a person in custody, intercourse, intermingling, rain dragon, rise, slipstream), えいようえいが (luxury), とくい (client, customer, one's forte, one's specialty, one's strong point, pride, singular, triumph, unique), はえ (fly, glory, minnow, shinner), は"えい (anti-British, flourishing, influence, penumbra, prospering, reflection, thriving), は"じょう (flourishing, half mat, heckling, hissing, thriving, variegated streaks), は"か (bustle, distribution price, half price, half ripe, insufficiency, low shoes, shoes, tanka appendage to a long poem), じょうけいき (boom), ゆうふく (affluence), りゅうせい (falling star, meteor), りゅうう" (good fortune), えいよう (luxury, nourishment, nutrition, splendour), "うけいき (boom, good times), しふく (beatitude, blessedness and joy, civilian clothes, for one's own profit, happiness, paper width, plain clothes, remaining in obscurity, space assigned for something), "うう" (fortune, good luck), い"せい (falling star, government by cloistered emperors, graduate student, meteor, negative, secluded life, unsettledweather), い"ぷ (book of seals, harlot, wealth), い"し" (correspondence, labia, letter, news, sexual passion, the labium, tidings), かっきょう (activity, briskness), せいう" (blue sky, fortune, galaxy, high rank, nebula, tendency, trend), せいきょう (canon of Scripture, Christianity, church and state, Confucianism, co-op store, cooperative association, orthodox church, orthodoxy, powerful, religion and politics, sacred teachings, success), にぎわい (activity, bustle, crowd, turnout), さかえ (glory), し"さく (new production, new work), りゅうしょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 번영 (flourishing, Prospering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | speeideilys (fortune, success, well-being), raays, raahys, raah (good luck, rath, report, ring-fort, well-doing), grais, baill (luck, tone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osperitypray prosperidade (bonanza, gain, good, speed, success, weal, wealth, welfare, well-doing). (various references) prosperitate (bonanza, boom, flourish, flourishing, glory, heyday, thriving, weal, welfare, wellbeing), propãşire (flourishing), noroc (a bit luck, a piece of luck, blessing, chance, cheerio, fluke, fortune, god speed, good luck, hap, happiness, hazard, hello, hi, lot, luck, luckiness, more power to you, piece of luck, score, star, strike, success, your health), bogãţie (abundance, ampleness, amplitude, bag, copiousness, fortune, luxury, money bag, opulence, plenty, profusion, riches, richness, valuables, wealth), înflorire (blow, efflorescence, florescence, flourishing, flower, flowering, inflorescence, may, noon, noonday, noontide, pride, prime, summer). (various references) процветание (bonanza, thrift). (various references) piseach (good fortune, luck, success), soirbheas (fair wind), rath (advantage, luck), gr is, gh (happiness, luck). (various references) prosperitet, napredak (improvement, progress, upturn), blagostanje (good life, weal, welfare, well being, well doing). (various references) prosperidad (prosperousness, success, wealth, welfare). (various references) välstånd (affluence, competence, competency, opulence, plenty, wealth, wealthiness), välgång (welfare), medgång, framgång (achievement, hit, joy, luck, succeeded, success, win). (various references) zenginlik (abundance, affluence, circumstance, circumstances, fortune, opulence, riches, richness, substance, substantiality, wealth), refah (bonanza, comfort, ease, opulence, prosperous, weal, welfare), gönenç, bolluk (abundance, affluence, ampleness, amplitude, bonanza, copiousness, cornucopia, effusion, effusiveness, exuberance, exuberancy, fleshpot, fleshpots, flood, fullness, fulness, glut, handsomeness, horn of plenty, lashings, looseness, luxuriance, luxuriancy, opulence, overflowing, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, plethora, prodigality, profuseness, profusion, prolificacy, prolificness, rankness, richness, store, stores, superfluity, wealth, wideness, width), başarı (accomplishment, achievement, click, deed, effort, feat, go, hit, joy, performance, show, smash, speed, stroke, success, triumph, victory, win). (various references) oсluk (well-being), ьpjьnlik, meslik (cheerfulness, gaiety), eюret (well-being), eяgilik (happiness, well-being), dokзulyk. (various references) успіх (achievement, advance, advancement, big time, career, hit, luck, success), процвітання (bonanza, success, thrift, wealth). (various references) sự thịnh vượng (bonanza, fortune), sự th nh công (do, godspeed, making, success), sự ph"n vinh (bonanza), sự phát đạt (bonanza, thriving). (various references) llwydd (success), hawddfyd (ease), ffyniant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | auctum, auctus, auctusque, fortunae, salus, salute, salutem, salutes, saluti, salutibus, salutis, salutum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | âzûitishca, îzhâ, fradatha, izha, savanghô, ushta. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ar. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Anq' wn gar hdikoun nhpiouV foneuqhsontai kai exetasmoV asebeiV olei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Aversio parvulorum interficiet eos et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The turning awei of litle childer shal slen hem; and the prosperite of foolis shal leesen hem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 32 |
| Cebuano | Kay ang pagkasukihan sa mga tawong walay-pagtagad mopatay kanila, Ug ang mapasagarong pagpatuyang sa mga buang molaglag kanila. |
| Croatian | Jer glupe æe ubiti njihovo odbijanje, a nemar æe upropastiti bezumne. |
| Danish | thi tankeløses Egensind bliver deres Død, Tåbers Sorgløshed bliver deres Undergang; |
| Dutch | Want de afkering der slechten zal hen doden, en de voorspoed der zotten zal hen verderven. |
| Finnish | Sillä yksinkertaiset tappaa heidän oma luopumuksensa, ja tyhmät tuhoaa heidän oma suruttomuutensa. |
| French | Car la résistance des stupides les tue, Et la sécurité des insensés les perd; |
| German | Was die Unverständigen gelüstet, tötet sie, und der Ruchlosen Glück bringt sie um. |
| Haitian Creole | Moun ki san esperyans yo mouri paske yo refize aprann. Bann moun fou yo menm, yo pa pran anyen pou anyen, se sa k'ap pèdi yo tou. |
| Hungarian | Mert az együgyûeknek pártossága megöli õket, és a balgatagoknak szerencséje elveszti õket. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang yang tak berpengalaman akan mati karena mengabaikan aku, dan orang bodoh akan hancur karena tak menghiraukan aku. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena tak akan jangan kesalahan orang bodoh juga yang membunuh dia kelak, dan alpa orang ahmak juga yang membinasakan dia. |
| Italian | Sì, lo sbandamento degli inesperti li uccider e la spensieratezza degli sciocchi li far perire; ma chi ascolta me vivr tranquillo e sicuro dal timore del male». |
| Maori | Ko te tahuritanga atu hoki o nga kuware hei patu i a ratou; ko te ngakau warea ano hoki o nga wairangi hei huna i a ratou. |
| Norwegian | For de uforstandiges selvrådighet dreper dem, og dårenes trygghet ødelegger dem; |
| Portuguese | Porque o desvio dos néscios os matará, e a prosperidade dos loucos os destruirá. |
| Rumanian | Cqci kmpotrivirea prowtilor ki ucide, wi liniwtea nebunilor ki pierde; |
| Russian | рПФПНХ ЮФП Х ПТУФЧП ОЕЧЕЦ" Х'ШЕФ ЙИ, Й 'ЕУ ЕЮОПУФШ ЗМХ "ПЧ ПЗХ'ЙФ ЙИ, |
| Spanish | Porque su descarrío matará a los ingenuos, y su dejadez echará a perder a los necios. |
| Swedish | Ty av sin avfällighet skola de fåkunniga dräpas. och genom sin säkerhet skola dårarna förgås. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "prosperity": coprosperity. (additional references) | |
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"Prosperity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Phospray, Phreespirit, posperity, properity, prosparity, prosperty, prospority, prosterity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Expression | Similar | Related | Narrower | Broader |
| Cornucopias | Prosperity | |||
| Depressions | Prosperity | |||
| Economic & social conditions | Prestige | Prices Progress Prosperity | ||
| Wealth | Prosperity | Property | ||
Source: the U.S. Library of Congress and various crossword puzzle references. | ||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "prosperity" (pronounced prÄspe"rutē) |
| 7 | -s p e" r u t ē | disparity. |
| 6 | -p e" r u t ē | parity. |
| 5 | -e" r u t ē | austerity, charity, clarity, dexterity, familiarity, hilarity, insularity, irregularity, peculiarity, polarity, popularity, posterity, rarity, regularity, severity, similarity, sincerity, solidarity, temerity, unfamiliarity, unpopularity, Verity, vulgarity. |
| 4 | -r u t ē | alacrity, authority, barbarity, celebrity, dissimilarity, immaturity, impurity, inferiority, insecurity, integrity, majority, maturity, mediocrity, minority, obscurity, particularity, priority, purity, security, seniority, sorority, superiority, supermajority, surety. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, authenticity, availability, banality, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, centrality, chastity, civility, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, mendacity, mentality, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, partiality, passivity, paternity, paucity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polity, pomposity, portability, possibility, practicality, predictability, principality, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, proximity, publicity, punctuality, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, selectivity, senility, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, sexuality, simplicity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidity, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-o-p-p-r-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: propriety, stroppier. | |
-2 letters: perspiry, pierrots, property, sportier, stripper, stropper, trippers. | |
-3 letters: isotype, pierrot, porters, potpies, preriot, presort, pretors, propers, prosier, prosper, prostie, pyrites, pyropes, reports, reposit, rioters, riposte, rippers, ripstop, roister, ropiest, royster, soppier, sporter, stopper, striper, stroppy, stroyer, tippers, toppers, tripper. | |
-4 letters: esprit, osprey, oyster, pipers, pipets, poetry, poiser, popery, popsie, porter, poster. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-o-p-p-r-r-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: coprosperity, perspiratory. | |
+3 letters: hypertrophies, pyromorphites. | |
+4 letters: cryptographies, hypermetropias, proscriptively. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
