Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted.
  • noun The gaining of fame or prosperity.
  • noun The extent of such gain.
  • noun One that is successful.
  • noun Archaic A result or an outcome.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Succession; order of sequence.
  • noun The termination of any affair, whether happy or (now rarely) unhappy; issue; result; consequence.
  • noun A favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; a termination which answers the purpose intended; prosperous issue; often, specifically, the gaining of money, position, or other advantage.
  • noun A successful undertaking or attempt; what is done with a favorable result: as, political or military successes.
  • noun One who or that which succeeds, especially in a way that is public or notorious: as, the speech was a success; he is a social success.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Act of succeeding; succession.
  • noun That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.
  • noun The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue.
  • noun colloq. That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun business financial profitability.
  • noun One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person with a record of successes
  • noun a state of prosperity or fame
  • noun an attainment that is successful
  • noun an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin successus, from past participle of succēdere, to succeed; see succeed.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin successus, from succedere ("to succeed").

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  • The H.M.S. Success was listed as a "transport" captured at Yorktown in 1781.

    October 29, 2007

  • Obama has enjoyed political success.

    May 13, 2009

  • for example: you have passed an exam => great success

    May 14, 2009

  • when you have a lot of success in your Job you can switch your position and you can get a higher one

    May 14, 2009

  • sexy time

    May 14, 2009

  • someone gets a fact by trying his best

    May 14, 2009

  • When you do something really good, then it was a success

    May 14, 2009

  • I wish you success.

    He was a success as an actor.

    May 14, 2009

  • Erfolg: I have success in my job.

    May 14, 2009

  • The archieving of desired results.

    May 14, 2009

  • Putting the suck in success.

    May 14, 2009

  • Putting the cess in success.

    May 14, 2009

  • *the fact that we can get by achieving aims that

    we have wanted

    May 14, 2009

  • I'm not sure if these last few comments were some sort of hyper-post-modern neo-classical absurd off, or if I'm just really very confused.

    May 15, 2009

  • @nmw ( http://nmw.tel  ) is a success story

    July 5, 2009

  • To me success is the forward pursuit of a worthwhile goal that you have set for yourself

    Shaun

    http://www.LivingSuccessNetwork.com

    February 17, 2010

  • SPAM

    February 17, 2010