Meaning
- The achievement of one's aim or goal.
- Financial profitability.
- One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
- The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
- (obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.
Synonyms
piece of luck
stroke of luck
turn out well
being a hit
one flower
happy result
good results
reaching the mark
cultural progress
successful man
good result
good fortunate
successful person
hapiness
aftermath
celebrity
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səkˈsɛs/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”). Partly displaced native Old English spēd, whence Modern English speed.
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