Definitions for success
səkˈsɛssuc·cess

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. success(noun)

   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. success(noun)

   an attainment that is successful

   "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"

3. success(noun)

   a state of prosperity or fame

   "he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success"

4. achiever, winner, success, succeeder(noun)

   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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. success(Noun)

   Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.

   Etymology: From successus, from succedere.

2. success(Noun)

   The achievement of one's aim or goal.

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

   Etymology: From successus, from succedere.

3. success(Noun)

   financial profitability.

   Don't let success go to your head.

   Etymology: From successus, from succedere.

4. success(Noun)

   One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.

   Etymology: From successus, from succedere.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Success(noun)

   act of succeeding; succession

   Etymology: [L. successus: cf. F. succs. See Succeed.]

2. Success(noun)

   that which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort

   Etymology: [L. successus: cf. F. succs. See Succeed.]

3. Success(noun)

   the favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue

   Etymology: [L. successus: cf. F. succs. See Succeed.]

4. Success(noun)

   that which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player

   Etymology: [L. successus: cf. F. succs. See Succeed.]

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Success

   Success Corporation is a Japanese game developer and publisher, based in Tokyo, and founded in: June 1978. They are best known for their Cotton series of shooter games, Zoo Keeper and others. Their most recently published titles include Metal Saga for PlayStation 2 and Minon: Everyday Hero for the Wii console.

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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. 12. A subtle connivance of Nature for bringing about a man's defeat. 13. The realization of the estimate which you place upon yourself. 14. Voltage under control--keeping one hand on the transformer of your Kosmic Kilowatts. 15. A matter of the red corpuscle. 16. The thing that spoils many a good failure. 17. Something that is hideous to all but its victims.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. SUCCESS

   A goal usually reached by those who employ their time in cultivating a more definite aim in life rather than in searching for a larger target.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. success

   To achieve a goal, plan, intention or task.

   Their success was attributed to the continued effort knowing this is what we chose and Unity and teamwork makes the dream work.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'success' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #713

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'success' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1505

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'success' in Nouns Frequency: #289

How to pronounce success?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say success in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of success in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of success in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of success in a Sentence

1. John Fellows Akers:

   I love the United States, but I see here everything is measured by success, by how much money it makes, not the satisfaction to the individual.

2. Joseph Addison:

   If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

3. Robert Louis Stephenson:

   The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children who has filled his niche and accomplished his task who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

4. Rory McIlroy:

   I sort of learned to play the course a little bit better and reined myself in on some tee shots, and that's what's brought me a little bit of success here, once I started to be a little more conservative, I started to sort of top-10 it and give myself half a chance.

5. Christopher Darlington Morley:

   There is only one success ... to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it.

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