{
    "term": "flourish",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "flourish",
            "heSheIt": "flourishes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "flourished",
        "pastParticiple": "flourished",
        "ingForm": "flourishing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to develop quickly and become successful or common",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Few businesses are flourishing in the present economic climate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The arts began to flourish at that time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a flourishing black market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has continued to flourish over the years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His international career has flourished under the current captain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Olten is a lively and flourishing town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The town still flourishes as a fishing port."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their relationship flourished for forty years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This tradition of singing is flourishing."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to grow well; to be healthy and happy",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These plants flourish in a damp climate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm glad to hear you're all flourishing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hope the grandchildren are flourishing."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings", "Health and Fitness"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to wave something around in a way that makes people look at it",
            "sensetop": "flourish something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He rushed into the room flourishing the newspaper."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflʌrɪʃ/",
                "audio": "fl/flourish/flourish__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflʌrɪʃɪz/",
                "audio": "fl/flourish/flourishes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflʌrɪʃt/",
                "audio": "fl/flourish/flourished__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflʌrɪʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fl/flourish/flourishing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflɜːrɪʃ/",
                "audio": "fl/flourish/flourish__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflɜːrɪʃɪz/",
                "audio": "fl/flourish/flourishes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflɜːrɪʃt/",
                "audio": "fl/flourish/flourished__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflɜːrɪʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fl/flourish/flourishing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French floriss-, lengthened stem of florir, based on Latin florere, from flos, flor- ‘a flower’. The noun senses ‘ornamental curve’ and ‘florid expression’ come from an obsolete sense of the verb, ‘adorn’ (originally with flowers)."
}