Definitions for success

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success suc·cess

Spelling: [suh k-ses]

IPA: /səkˈsɛs/

Success is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in success (ccesssu).

Definitions for success

noun

1. the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
2. the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.
3. a performance or achievement that is marked by success, as by the attainment of honors:
4. a person or thing that has had success, as measured by attainment of goals, wealth, etc.:
5. Obsolete. outcome.

Origin of success

1530-40; Latin successus, equivalent to succēd-, stem of succēdere to succeed + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > ss

Examples for success

When you think about all of that, the success of this Comeback run is all the more impressive.

She was properly presented; but as yet she has had no success at all.'

Lee explains the success of its store-within-a-store strategy, particularly as regarding Samsung.

"Frankly, your success is by no means complete," replied she.

The grim instability of shelter life is hardly a recipe for success under the best of circumstances.

That one example, moreover, has been a success as unqualified as undeniable.

As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.

I ventured to predict that success awaited him in the rubber business.

They tried it out at home and when it proved a success, they carried it abroad.

Of course, this is The Comeback, and so "success" is a relative word.