What does successful mean?

Definitions for successful
səkˈsɛs fəlsuc·cess·ful

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. successfuladjective

    having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

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

Wiktionary

  1. successfuladjective

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Successfuladjective

    Prosperous; happy; fortunate.

    Etymology: success and full.

    They were terrible alarms to persons grown wealthy by a long and successful imposture, by persuading the world that men might be honest and happy, though they never mortified any corrupt appetites. Robert South, Sermons.

    H’ observ’d the illustrious throng,
    Their names, their fates, their conduct and their care
    In peaceful senates and successful war. Dryden.

    The early hunter
    Blesses Diana’s hand, who leads him safe
    O’er hanging cliffs; who spreads his net successful,
    And guides the arrow through the panther’s heart. Matthew Prior.

Wikipedia

  1. successful

    Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a success what another person considers a failure, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation may be differently viewed by distinct observers or participants, such that a situation that one considers to be a success, another might consider to be a failure, a qualified success or a neutral situation. For example, a film that is a commercial failure or even a box-office bomb can go on to receive a cult following, with the initial lack of commercial success even lending a cachet of subcultural coolness.It may also be difficult or impossible to ascertain whether a situation meets criteria for success or failure due to ambiguous or ill-defined definition of those criteria. Finding useful and effective criteria, or heuristics, to judge the failure or success of a situation may itself be a significant task.

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  1. successful

    Successful usually refers to the accomplishment of a goal, aim, or purpose. It could also mean achieving wealth, respect, or fame. Being successful often implies the attainment of desired outcomes or the triumph over challenges or difficulties. It can be subjective and may depend on individual perceptions or societal standards.

Webster Dictionary

  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

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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. William Schaffner:

    I think the Disneyland outbreak clearly has brought this issue to everyone’s forceful attention, and it’s got to be recognized how fragile was our triumph in eliminating measles from the United States, which we had been successful at doing.

  2. Bashar Ja'afari:

    The (U.S.-led) international coalition did not succeed in Syria because it did not coordinate with the regime. Russia was successful because it coordinated with us, we are for the creation of an international coalition against terrorism, but in coordination with the Syrian government. We have no objection to working with America as long as it is done in coordination with Syria.

  3. 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.

  4. Klay Thompson:

    It's obviously a nickname I earned and I want to live up to it, at the same time, I don't want to go in there and play hero ball. I'm just going to be in there and be Klay Thompson, do what I've been doing the last few games. I know that will allow us to be successful.

  5. Elmar Degenhart:

    Software competence is mission critical for successful car companies but the industry lacks scale in this competence.

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