{
    "term": "prosper",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "prosper",
            "heSheIt": "prospers"
        },
        "pastSimple": "prospered",
        "pastParticiple": "prospered",
        "ingForm": "prospering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to develop in a successful way; to be successful, especially in making money",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The economy prospered under his administration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seems to be prospering since she moved out of the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His career prospered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The railway prospered from the new mining traffic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Farmers have prospered by selling wheat and rice to the state."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɒspə(r)/",
                "audio": "pr/prosper/prosper__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɒspəz/",
                "audio": "pr/prosper/prospers__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɒspəd/",
                "audio": "pr/prosper/prospered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɒspərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prosper/prospering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːspər/",
                "audio": "pr/prosper/prosper__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːspərz/",
                "audio": "pr/prosper/prospers__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːspərd/",
                "audio": "pr/prosper/prospered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːspərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prosper/prospering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperare, from prosperus ‘doing well’."
}