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UK
/səksˈɛs/
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[ US /səkˈsɛs/ ]
[ US /səkˈsɛs/ ]
NOUN
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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 -
a state of prosperity or fame
he does not consider wealth synonymous with success
he is enjoying great success -
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 -
an attainment that is successful
his new play was a great success
his success in the marathon was unexpected
How To Use success In A Sentence
- He made a very positive contribution to the overall success of the project.
- Back in the mid-1980s, for example, knee replacement surgery was considered a success if the patient wound up with 90 degrees of flexion, which is "nothing near normal," he says. Latest News
- Despite the challenges that prevail, our women have 'shouldered' the burdens with great resilience and dignity; and many of the successes that we claim toady, must be credited to our mothers, grandmothers, wives, aunts and sisters. Jamaica Information Service
- I admire the inventiveness, and while not everything is a raging success, there's a lot to like.
- The visioning day was a great success with more than 1000 comments being made.
- My guess is they were either swapping football stickers or comparing notes on how to look after successful women. The Sun
- He admits he owes a lot of his success to that cheeky grin. The Sun
- Despite imperial successes at St. Gotthard (1664), Growardein and Neuhäusel in Hungary ceded to the Ottomans (1664, at Vasvár). 2. The Habsburg Monarchy
- Marriage followed alongside a comfortable life on the cosy road to middle-class success.
- Commissioned in 1963 to make a film about America's first successful quintuplet birth, Leacock and Joyce Chopra captured the quints' mother's anxiety at her sudden celebrity and the surrounding South Dakota community's eagerness to cash in on it. The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America
