general prosperity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneralandprosperity
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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prosperity
noun[U]
uk/prɒsˈper.ə.ti/us/prɑːˈsper.ə.t̬i/
the state of being successful and having a lot ...
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(Definition ofgeneralandprosperityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The province's fertile plains and widespread landownership added two important elements to thegeneralprosperityof the time.
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In the absence of industry, and with a small white-collar sector, the farm sector is the only one forceful enough to generate thisgeneralprosperity.
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Due to improved medical care andgeneralprosperityin industrialized western countries, the incidence of acute rheumatic fever and the consecutive rheumatic heart disease has decreased considerably.
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The extent to which there is an active sale of cars is reflected by thegeneralprosperityof the country at the time.
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It is important to decide whether the rate of growth and thegeneralprosperityat present time are consistent with a stable framework.
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This is the only way to ensure that these areas share in thegeneralprosperityof the country.
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The trade is absolutely vital to the finances and general stability of exchange and to thegeneralprosperityof the country.
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The pledge was given that everyone would be enabled to share in thegeneralprosperityof the country.
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Does it not show that amidst thegeneralprosperityof the country very real poverty is being suffered by the old-age pensioners?
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I do not in the least underestimate the effect ofgeneralprosperityupon agriculture.
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Thirdly, you should give a man a share in thegeneralprosperityof the firm or industry in which he is employed.
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That growth ingeneralprosperityhas been reflected in the level of all the main social security benefits.
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The programme deals in practical terms with the social change and measures to increasegeneralprosperityand community wellbeing.
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We want a share in thegeneralprosperityof the country.
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He rather suggested that the wage-earning classes had not shared in thegeneralprosperityby a rise in wages.
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If there are high profits, at least there are no signs of them ingeneralprosperityof the fruit and vegetable retail trade.
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We must secure acceptance that cohesion on a continental scale is no more likely to promotegeneralprosperity than socialist redistribution on a national scale.
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Some of you are very anxious that there should be a return ofgeneralprosperityand you want peace.
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The development of the railways and the railway system is essential to thegeneralprosperityof the country.
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If it is for thegeneralprosperityof the mandated territory and ourselves, why not?
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