success
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- successe (archaic)
Etymology [edit]
From Latin successus, from succedere (“to succeed”), from sub (“next to”) + cedere (“to go, move”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
success (countable and uncountable; plural successes)
- (obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result. [16th-18th c.]
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe, others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.]
- His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success.
- (business) financial profitability.
- Don't let success go to your head.
- One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
- Scholastically, he was a success.
- The new range of toys has been a resounding success.
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Terms derived from success
Translations [edit]
achievement of one's aim or goal
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(business) financial profitability
person who achieves his or her goals
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External links [edit]
- success in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- success in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
