Meaning & use
prosperity in business
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Meanings
phraseuncountable
the state of a company or an industry doing well, growing, and making good money over time.
Grammar: Used as an uncountable noun phrase: say prosperity in business is rising, not a prosperity.
Patterns
- prosperity in business depends on something
- bring prosperity in business
- a period of prosperity in business
Cheap loans and steady demand brought a decade of prosperity in business to the region.
Analysts say prosperity in business depends more on skills than on tax cuts.
phraseuncountablebusiness
the general success and wealth of a country's commercial activity.
Grammar: Often used with verbs like measure, boost or threaten when talking about a whole economy.
Patterns
- measure prosperity in business
- boost prosperity in business
- threaten prosperity in business
Governments measure prosperity in business using output, jobs and investment figures.
A long strike could threaten prosperity in business across the whole coast.
Common combinations
- economic prosperity
- Economic prosperity returned once exports picked up.
- bring prosperity to
- The new port brought prosperity to nearby towns.
- a period of prosperity
- The country enjoyed a long period of prosperity after the war.
- prosperity depends on
- Prosperity depends on stable prices and confident consumers.
- share in the prosperity
- Workers demanded a fair share in the prosperity they had helped create.
Synonyms and how they differ
- success
- Success is broader and can describe one person, one product or one deal, while prosperity in business suggests continuing wealth over time.
- boom
- A boom is a short, strong period of growth; prosperity in business is a steadier, longer condition.
- wealth
- Wealth is the money and assets themselves, whereas prosperity in business is the healthy state of earning and growing.
Opposites
Word family
- prosper verb
- to grow strong and successful, especially financially.
- prosperous adjective
- successful and wealthy.
- prosperously adverb
- in a successful or wealthy way.
Commonly confused: prosperity in business or profit?
prosperity in business vs profit
Profit is the money left after costs in one period; prosperity in business is the wider, longer-term condition of doing well.
Practice
Which sentence uses the phrase correctly?
Choose one answer.
The phrase is uncountable, so it takes a singular verb and no article: 'Prosperity in business depends...'. Option 0 wrongly adds 'a', option 1 uses a plural verb, and option 3 repeats the noun pointlessly.
Make it your own
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