how to pronounce prosperous

/ˈpɹɑːspɚəs/

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prosperous is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of prosperous in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… stronger more prosperous when these …”

meanings of prosperous

adjective:

Favorable.
Characterized by success.
Well off; affluent.

prosperous frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word prosperous occurs in english on average 2.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics prosperous can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that prosperous can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;