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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

번창하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: beonchanghada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flourish/ˈflɜːr.ɪʃ/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2840 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 회사는 빠른 속도로 번창했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment.

    "The business continued to flourish despite economic downturns."
As noun
  1. 1

    A bold or extravagant gesture or action, made especially to attract attention.

    "He signed his name with a flourish."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'flouren', coming from Old French 'flourir', and ultimately from the Latin root 'florere', meaning 'to bloom or blossom'. Over centuries, the meaning broadened from literal botanical flowering to figurative human success, prosperity, and vigorous growth.

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