verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a plant thrives/flourishes (= grows well )
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A lot of plants thrive in partial shade.
a successful/profitable/thriving business
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Within a few years she had established a thriving business in London.
a thriving community (= a community which is successful )
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In the past the village was a thriving community with a number of shops.
a thriving industry (= one that is doing very well )
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Software development soon became a thriving industry in the area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
on
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You want them to enjoy the books that imagination and curiosity thrive on .
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If there was anything Percy thrived on , he mused, it was details.
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But competition is what Northern has thrived on , and at 284p the shares look excellent value to me.
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The economic slump has dried up the big-ticket multi-billion yen projects that the majors used to thrive on .
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That's what lawyers thrive on .
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Crop yields will improve dramatically as vegetation thrives on an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide.
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It is not difficult to fill the stands and this creates an electrifying atmosphere, which is something I thrive on .
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When Alvin arrived, he was pressed into rapid service of the sort he was learning of necessity to thrive on .
only
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Sport only thrives if both parties play by the rules, and accept the results with good grace.
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It is impressive how the old establishments not only thrive , but bustle with diners.
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Indeed, marram grass only thrives while fresh sand is being added to the dune.
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These two electronic experiments will thrive only if readers use them or tell us how they can be improved.
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It is important also to sort out those trees and shrubs that, like rhododendrons, will only thrive on acid soils.
still
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They grew tall with curving trunks, like the tree ferns that still thrive in tropical rain forests.
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The big name in Mission still thrives .
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Shopping Secrets Wherever you stay you will find the Venetian glass and lace industries still thrive .
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Restaurants are still thriving , attendance has not dropped off.
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A conventional outlook dominates his approach, but he still thrives on variety.
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Despite the growing protests of the medical establishment, boxing still thrives at the championship level.
■ NOUN
business
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While the espionage business continues to thrive , its remit has changed.
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Indeed, cleaning businesses thrive in San Diego and elsewhere.
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The character, the flamboyance is being f-ed and sucked out of a business that traditionally thrives on the outrageous.
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The business thrived , and soon Richard was a civic pillar of Connecticut and a representative in the colonial legislature.
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At midnight, when business is thriving , there are traffic jams.
child
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Many children who fail to thrive will have suffered neglect and deprivation both of food and emotional warmth.
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Individuals must demand livable working conditions and viable communities if their children are to thrive .
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Such a child will rapidly thrive once an appropriate nutritional diet is provided.
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The initial and understandable - impression of teachers was that children were thriving on country life.
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Luckily, this leprous condition did not last long, and the doctor's visits grew less frequent as the child thrived .
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The health visitor says all three children have previously thrived .
company
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Why do some companies thrive on change while others struggle to survive?
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He loves company , and thrives on other people's attention.
failure
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In developing countries it is uncertain whether cryptosporidiosis leads to failure to thrive or whether malnutrition predisposes to cryptosporidiosis.
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We have previously reported two cases associated with chronic diarrhoea, failure to thrive and a proximal small intestinal enteropathy.
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Nine patients with Cryptosporidium, chronic diarrhoea and severe failure to thrive had a proximal small intestinal biopsy performed.
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Another medical check could find no organic reason for his failure to thrive and so psychological help was requested.
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The adults in the intestine may cause pot-belly, with failure to thrive , and occasional diarrhoea.
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A dichotomy between organic and non-organic failure to thrive has developed, but this is often an oversimplification of the clinical picture.
industry
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The World Health Organisation says the sale of organs by healthy donors has become a thriving industry .
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Still, catalog companies have faced many similar difficulties and still built a thriving , multibillion-dollar industry .
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Within twenty years there was a thriving industry in photographic prints, which included impressive landscapes, views and still lives.
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Politics, like government itself, has expanded from a dedicated personal calling to a large, thriving , expensive service industry .
plant
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If the trend continues, only plants which thrive in such pollution can be expected to survive.
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The plants thrive in meadows or along the edges of forests.
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Despite saturating the area with herbicide, he found rogue oilseed rape plants thriving in ditches and around telephone poles.
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Geranium, spider and ice plants thrive in old paint cans across from the outhouse.
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Research is a fragile plant which can not thrive without the right soil, nutrients and climate.
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Like rhubarb, asparagus and many other food plants , they thrive in enriched soil in a sunny spot.
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Unless sheep can repeatedly remove over 40% of the current season's growth of heather, the plants will continue to thrive .
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The information is helpful in selecting plants that will thrive in your area.
soil
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Research is a fragile plant which can not thrive without the right soil , nutrients and climate.
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Like rhubarb, asparagus and many other food plants, they thrive in enriched soil in a sunny spot.
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Many of the exquisite, tiny species narcissi will thrive in the well-drained soil .
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It is important also to sort out those trees and shrubs that, like rhododendrons, will only thrive on acid soils .
■ VERB
allow
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The two-humped beasts could provide valuable salt-tolerance genes for domestic livestock, allowing them to thrive in previously hostile areas.
continue
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Whether such pragmatism will continue to thrive among home users is hard to judge.
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Increasingly, retailers and manufacturers are questioning whether Gore can continue to thrive at such rarefied levels.
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While the espionage business continues to thrive , its remit has changed.
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The teams cut carefully to ensure the rushes continue to thrive .
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Unless sheep can repeatedly remove over 40% of the current season's growth of heather, the plants will continue to thrive .
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It is hoped links already established between the unit and other agencies will continue to thrive .
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And with help from the conservationists this spectacular reserve will continue to thrive .
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Ulster Television continues to thrive on an excellent programme performance and an immensely strong local identity.
fail
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Most nurseries write off one in 10 plants, for failing to germinate, thrive or being destroyed by pests.
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Many children who fail to thrive will have suffered neglect and deprivation both of food and emotional warmth.
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Seven children who were above the third percentile had recently lost weight or were failing to thrive .
seem
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They seemed to thrive on this and some of the females soon looked pregnant.
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Run by a local partner from 1983 to about 1995, the store seemed to thrive .
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They certainly seemed to thrive on them.
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The one that lives along the path to the mailbox seems to thrive on cached apples.
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But one couple seem to thrive on it.
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Will seems to thrive in the hard-driving, mind-altering milieu of rock and soul.
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They seem to thrive on and exploit timing delays and parasitic currents.
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He seemed to thrive under prison conditions, which caused the emperors to suspect their guards of going easy on the prisoner.
survive
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They are what have allowed capitalism to survive and thrive .
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He researched what his 211 ants needed to survive , to thrive .
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October brought a benevolent turn in the weather, and the grapes that survived September thrived .
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But with James' top lieutenant, Jim Lambright, taking over immediately, the Huskies survived , then thrived .
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Which may be why the Algonquin not only survives but thrives .
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The Republic and the agency will survive , and perhaps thrive .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It is still unclear whether dotcom companies will continue to thrive in the long-term future.
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Most herbs need direct sun all day in order to thrive .
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The IT explosion means that telecommunications companies are thriving.
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Wineries have thrived in the town for more than a century.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ellington thrived in the limelight and success that his backstage partner contributed to so significantly during their almost three-decade collaboration.
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Eurosceptic business and political groups said the figures proved that Britain could thrive without losing its currency.
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If there was anything Percy thrived on, he mused, it was details.
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In quite a few ranges reintroduced sheep have thrived.
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They appear to love them and thrive .
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They can thrive with less than four hours of sun and survive in most garden soils.