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1. (n.) success
the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors.
2. success
the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.
3. success
a successful performance or achievement.
4. success
a person or thing that is successful.
5. success
Obs. outcome.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L successus <succed-, var. s. of succēdere to succeed)
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| Definition of 'Success' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) success
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
"let's call heads a success and tails a failure"; "the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs"
2. (noun) success
an attainment that is successful
"his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"
3. (noun) success
a state of prosperity or fame
"he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success"
4. (noun) achiever, winner, success, succeeder
a person with a record of successes
"his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"
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1. (noun) success
when you achieve what you wanted to achieve
He has had a lot of success with his painting.
2. success
sth that happened the way it was supposed to
The party was a great success.; The operation had been a success.
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| Definition of 'Success' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Success
act of succeeding; succession
2. (noun) Success
that which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort
3. (noun) Success
the favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue
4. (noun) Success
that which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player
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| Definitions of 'Success' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Success
1. A sunset by Turner.
2. A stained-glass window through which one may see an ironic moon.
3. The final link in a chain of chalk.
4. To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.
5. An inability to further fletcherize.
6. Giving up the fight, being possessed of the fallacy that you have won.
7. Death's lullaby.
8. The accomplishment of one's best.
9. To write your name high upon the outhouse of a country tavern. 10. A constant sense of discontent, broken by brief periods of satisfaction on doing some specially good piece of work. 11. A matter of outliving your sins. 1
2. A subtle connivance of Nature for bringing about a man's defeat. 1
3. The realization of the estimate which you place upon yourself. 1
4. Voltage under control--keeping one hand on the transformer of your Kosmic Kilowatts. 1
5. A matter of the red corpuscle. 1
6. The thing that spoils many a good failure. 1
7. Something that is hideous to all but its victims.
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Sense: (the prosperity gained by) the achievement of an aim or purpose
He has achieved great success as an actor / in his career.
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 Afrikaans: sukses |
 Arabic: نَجاح |
 Bulgarian: сполука |
 Brazilian: êxito |
 Czech: úspěch |
 German: der Erfolg |
 Danish: succes |
 Greek: επιτυχία |
 Spanish: éxito |
 Estonian: edu, menu |
 Farsi: موفقيت |
 Finnish: menestys |
 French: succès |
 Hebrew: הַצלָחָה |
 Hindi: सम्पन्नता, समृद्धि |
 Croatian: uspjeh |
 Hungarian: siker |
 Indonesian: keberhasilan |
 Icelandic: góður árangur; velgengni |
 Italian: successo |
 Japanese: 成功 |
 Korean: 성공 |
 Lithuanian: sėkmė |
 Latvian: sekmes; panākumi |
 Malay: kejayaan |
 Dutch: succes |
 Norwegian: suksess, hell, framgang |
 Polish: powodzenie |
 Persian: موفقيت |
 Pashto: موفقیت |
 Portuguese: êxito |
 Romanian: succes, reuşită |
 Russian: успех |
 Slovak: úspech |
 Slovenian: uspeh |
 Serbian: uspeh |
 Swedish: framgång, succé |
 Thai: ความสำเร็จ |
 Turkish: başarı |
 Taiwanese: 成就 |
 Ukrainian: успіх; удача |
 Urdu: کامیابی |
 Vietnamese: sự thành công |
 Chinese: 成就 |
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