0 present participle of prosper
1 (of a person or a business) to be or become successful, especially financially:
Lots of microchip manufacturing companies prospered at that time.
Its prospering airport and good communications have fostered expansion of the service industries.
Prospering trade gets rid of this devastating encumbrance.
Does not that give the lie to the idea that we are not a prospering industry?
What we know to be a great country has come through enormous trials, prospering in some ways although not in others.
Some companies have had the advantage of recent modernisation showing itself in their going ahead and prospering.
We must recognise that, if we are to have a healthy and prospering public transport service, continuing investment is needed.
It is prospering, and more and more people are using the services.
But the industry which is prospering is modern industry and industry which employs relatively small numbers of people.
