Success

//səkˈsɛs// name, noun

name, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The achievement of one's aim or goal. countable, uncountable

    "His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success."

  2. 2
    an attainment that is successful wordnet
  3. 3
    Financial profitability. countable, uncountable

    "Don't let success go to your head."

  4. 4
    an event that accomplishes its intended purpose wordnet
  5. 5
    One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals. countable, uncountable

    "Scholastically, he was a success."

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  1. 6
    a person with a record of successes wordnet
  2. 7
    The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame. countable, uncountable

    "She is country music's most recent success."

  3. 8
    a state of prosperity or fame wordnet
  4. 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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
  2. 2
    A town in Clay County, Arkansas.
  3. 3
    A ghost town in Jasper County, Mississippi.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated township in Coos County, New Hampshire.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.
  2. 7
    A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. 8
    A surname.

Synonyms

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accomplished factaccomplishmentachievementachieverachieveraffluence

Example

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"I'm sure your efforts will result in success."

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.

Related phrases

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