Definitions for successful
səkˈsɛs fəlsuc·cess·ful

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

1. successfuladjective

   having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

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

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. successfuladjective

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

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Successfuladjective

   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

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Tessa

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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. Jeff Goldstein:

   Typically movies based on video games havent been all that successful.

2. William Bao Bean:

   In any sort of market, you want the experts making the decisions, not some technocrat or bureaucrat, you don't tend to see too many successful companies come out of a government-based decision-making process.

3. Alan Dershowitz:

   I will be paraphrasing the successful argument made by( Supreme Court) Justice Benjamin Curtis in the trial of( then-President) Andrew Johnson back in the 1860s, where he argued that the framers intended for impeachable conduct only to be criminal-like conduct or conduct that is prohibited by the criminal law.

4. Mutlu Civiroglu:

   The Kurds have proved to be a very reliable partner on the ground where none other exists in Syria, in my view, if the West is looking for a partner, Kobani provides a successful example where Kurds and Arabs could work together to get rid of ISIS. ... It's a good model.

5. Kevin Madden:

   A crucial part of a campaign of a successful campaign roll out is momentum, this reminds the public of Clinton hangovers they had .... or every scandal that has been litigated. It is just drama after drama with them.

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