Definitions for successful
səkˈsɛs fəlsuc·cess·ful

Princeton's WordNet(3.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. successful(adj)

   having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

   "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. successful(Adjective)

   Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; prosperous; fortunate; happy

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Successful(adj)

   resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'successful' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #903

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'successful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1517

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'successful' in Adjectives Frequency: #107

How to pronounce successful?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say successful in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of successful in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of successful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of successful in a Sentence

1. Keven Burnett:

   Ben Stapleton, the name, is about an airport, a very successful airport, and a lookback at the economic engine of the area for decades, there's not one statue of Ben Stapleton out here.

2. Zander Lurie:

   I don't sit around comparing myself to Dave, he laid a lot of the groundwork for me to be successful.

3. Vikrant Parsai:

   Most people don't know how hard it is to be a success, says the successful failure.

4. Siddharth Astir:

   Everyone is worried about what people might be thinking.... Successful people go a step further and focus on what no one is thinking about.

5. Sandra Jauregui:

   Our number one job as elected officials is to make sure that everyone gets to be part of the democratic process, we have proven in the primary that this is a successful way to do it.

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