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Success
//səkˈsɛs// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
- 2 A town in Clay County, Arkansas.
- 3 A ghost town in Jasper County, Mississippi.
- 4 An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
- 5 An unincorporated township in Coos County, New Hampshire.
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- 6 An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.
- 7 A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 8 A surname.
Noun
- 1 The achievement of one's aim or goal. countable, uncountable
"His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success."
- 2 an attainment that is successful wordnet
- 3 Financial profitability. countable, uncountable
"Don't let success go to your head."
- 4 an event that accomplishes its intended purpose wordnet
- 5 One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals. countable, uncountable
"Scholastically, he was a success."
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- 6 a person with a record of successes wordnet
- 7 The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame. countable, uncountable
"She is country music's most recent success."
- 8 a state of prosperity or fame wordnet
- 9 Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe, others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”). Partly displaced native Old English spēd, whence Modern English speed.
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