{
    "term": "thrive",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "thrive",
            "heSheIt": "thrives"
        },
        "pastSimple": "thrived",
        "pastParticiple": "thrived",
        "ingForm": "thriving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become, and continue to be, successful, strong, healthy, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "New businesses thrive in this area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These animals rarely thrive in captivity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The glass industry still thrives there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These traditions continued to thrive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are concerned about their baby daughter's failure to thrive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Babies like this thrive best in a quiet, restful atmosphere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's clearly thriving in his new job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fungus thrives in warm, moist conditions."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "flourish",
            "topics": ["Success", "Health and Fitness"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["positively", "still"],
                "verb + thrive": ["seem to", "continue to", "fail to"],
                "preposition": ["on"],
                "phrases": ["failure to thrive"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θraɪv/",
                "audio": "th/thrive/thrive__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θraɪvz/",
                "audio": "th/thrive/thrives__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θraɪvd/",
                "audio": "th/thrive/thrived__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθraɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "th/thrive/thriving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θraɪv/",
                "audio": "th/thrive/thrive__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θraɪvz/",
                "audio": "th/thrive/thrives__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θraɪvd/",
                "audio": "th/thrive/thrived__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθraɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "th/thrive/thriving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grow, increase’): from Old Norse thrífask, reflexive of thrífa ‘grasp, get hold of’. Compare with thrift."
}