flourish

flourish

CEFR: C1-C2 /flour-ish/ [f.l.er1.ih0.sh]

If something like an idea, a trend, a civilization, or a business..etc flourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly. Used in example sentences:

Example Sentences:
The Indus civilization flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 bc to 1900 bc. Then it mysteriously declined and vanished from view.
Romanticism was a movement in the arts that flourished in Europe and America between 1750 and 1870.
The economy flourishes despite a fairly high rate of chronic unemployment.
If businesses flourish they will attract more industries and more people.

If a plant or animal flourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it. Used in example sentences:

Example Sentences:
The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes.
With the advent of global warming, farmers needed diversity more than ever because it was unclear what varieties would flourish in unfamiliar conditions.