successfulsuc‧cess‧ful /səkˈsesfəl/ ●●● S2 W1 adjective 
The operation was successful. a highly successful (=very successful) meetingsuccessful in (doing) something Were you successful in persuading him to change his mind?2a successful business, film, product etc makes a lot of money: The show’s had a pretty successful run. a highly successful (=very successful) product3a successful person earns a lot of money or is very well known and respected: Arthur was a highly successful (=very successful) businessman.successful in He later became successful in politics.successful as I think she’ll be successful as a photographer.—successfully adverb: He successfully completed a master’s degree.THESAURUSsuccessful achieving what you wanted, or having the effect or result you intended: · He applied for a visa three times and in the end he was successful.· The treatment was successful.· It was a highly successful campaign.effective having the effect or result that was wanted – used especially about treatments, drugs, or methods: · The drug is effective against a range of diseases.· We still haven't found an effective way to solve the problem.victorious successful as a result of winning in a game, election, war etc: · the captain of the victorious team· She emerged victorious in the second round of voting.promising likely to be very successful in the future, used especially about someone who is good at a job, sport, art etc: · a promising young athlete· He gave up a promising career in banking.thriving very successful – used about a company, industry, or organization that is doing well at a particular time: · The area has a thriving tourist industry.· The school is thriving academically.booming extremely successful – used about an economy, or when business or trade is increasing: · the booming economy in China· Business is booming.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a successful businessman
- a rich, successful entrepreneur
- a small but successful program to boost the number of African-Americans getting into college
- After a long run in the band Genesis, he had a successful solo career.
- Did you have a successful shopping trip?
- Eddie Murphy is one of Hollywood's most successful stars.
- For twenty years, he was the head of a successful law firm.
- Freire introduced highly successful literacy programs in Brazil.
- Gradually, word spread, and we built up a very successful business indeed.
- He returned to Merseyside after a successful tour with Johnny Gentle.
- If the treatment is successful, she could be back at school next month.
- it was a highly successful campaign.
- It was one of the President's most successful speeches.
- Our most successful product is based on a very simple idea.
- The case of Thailand illustrates why family planning programs have been so successful in many countries.
- The scheme was started in January 2000, and has prove largely successful.
- The surgery was successful.
- Their new advertising campaign has been very successful.
- This has been Baltimore's most successful art show ever.
- Three years ago she married a successful businessman, and now she never sees her old friends.
- Another one trying to prevent the Federation descending into chaos; he would be no more successful than the Archon.
- He hated his field of work, at which he was actually quite successful professionally.
- He wanted to get out of the old activist scene and transform himself into a modern, successful businessman.
- So what makes a successful manager?
- The better you know them, the more you can use them, the more successful you will be.
- To be successful, a former member must have served on an influential committee and acquired expertise on controversial issues.
THESAURUS
achieving what you wanted, or having the effect or result you intended: · He applied for a visa three times and in the end he was successful.· The treatment was successful.· It was a highly successful campaign.
having the effect or result that was wanted – used especially about treatments, drugs, or methods: · The drug is effective against a range of diseases.· We still haven't found an effective way to solve the problem.
successful as a result of winning in a game, election, war etc: · the captain of the victorious team· She emerged victorious in the second round of voting.
likely to be very successful in the future, used especially about someone who is good at a job, sport, art etc: · a promising young athlete· He gave up a promising career in banking.
very successful – used about a company, industry, or organization that is doing well at a particular time: · The area has a thriving tourist industry.· The school is thriving academically.
extremely successful – used about an economy, or when business or trade is increasing: · the booming economy in China· Business is booming.
Longman Language Activatorto succeed in doing something to do something that you hoped to do, tried to do, or wanted to do: · She wanted to be the first woman to climb Mount Everest and she almost succeeded.· I tried to reassure Billy's mother that it was a passing phase, but I don't think I succeeded.· Muir succeeds where other designers have failed -- her clothes are original, yet stylish.succeed in doing something: · In one year, we've succeeded in increasing profits by 40%.succeed at: · I admired Goldie, because she had succeeded at a task that had even defeated my mother.
to succeed in doing something difficult after trying very hard, especially when you almost do not succeed: · Martin still hasn't got his invalidity pension sorted out, but he's managing all right at the moment.· If you hadn't have been here, I don't think I would have managed.· I don't know how he managed it, but the crisis is over.· Can you manage that door Mike? It looks awfully heavy.manage to do something: · He finally managed to find an apartment near his office.· At least three hostages managed to escape.manage with/without something: · Well, I suppose we could just about manage without electricity for the night.
to succeed in doing something, especially something that needs a lot of work or effort such as passing a test or getting a job: · Does Joey have a realistic chance of being successful at the audition?be successful in doing something: · If I'm successful in raising over £500, those funds will go to the Bible School.
to be fairly successful in doing something, or to achieve part of what you wanted to achieve: · Our aim was to disrupt the enemy's transport network and we had some success.· If we only have some success in reducing the number infected with HIV, I feel it will have been worthwhile.have some success/have limited success in doing something: · The Santa Barbara seismic research team has had some success in predicting earthquakes.
to gradually start to achieve something that you want to achieve, by working hard: · I'm not very good at Japanese yet, but I feel I am making progress.· We have made very great progress in reducing the number of deaths on our roads.make progress with/towards/on: · At last I began to make some progress with my research.make progress in doing something: · BEA has made good progress in implementing the new health and safety regulations.
to succeed in doing something important, especially something that other people will admire you for: · She's achieved a lot in the short time she's been with the company.· The reason I achieve good results is because I work hard -- and so could you.· When you get your MA, you really feel that you've achieved something.· He had achieved all his goals for the organization, and felt there were no challenges left there for him.
to succeed in doing or finishing something good that you have planned to do, after trying hard for a long time: · What exactly do you hope to accomplish this year?· She found the job frustrating, and felt she wasn't accomplishing anything there.
if you get results , you achieve what you are trying to do: · It was three or four years before we really started getting results.· This shows that if we devote sufficient energy and resources to a problem, we get results.· As I manager, I pride myself on getting results.
to succeed in doing something difficult especially spoken to succeed in doing something that is difficult or that seems impossible: · Gina has her driving test today. I hope she makes it.· He went out for it, he played hard, and he made it. · Jody thinks only three teams will make it to the final. · Did Margaret make it home the other night? · Will he make it out alive?
especially spoken to succeed in doing something, especially after a lot of effort over a long period of time: · I aim to have my own company by the time I'm thirty, but sometimes I wonder if I'll ever get there.· Anna found the coursework hard, but knew she'd get there in the end.· I knew we'd get there eventually, it was just a question of when.
especially spoken to succeed in doing something, especially something difficult or something that needs a lot of effort: · We did it! We won the cup!· You did it! Congratulations!
to manage to do something difficult, when other people did not think that you could succeed: pull/bring/carry off something: · In the opening game, Italy pulled off a sensational 1-0 victory over Germany.· I think you need a really good sense of humour to carry off something like this.· We had a hard time bringing off the last conference we held here.pull/bring/carry something off: · I'd hardly cooked a proper meal for years, and I was wondering if I could still pull it off.· I doubt if we could have carried it off without your help.
informal if someone comes or turns up trumps , they succeed in doing something difficult or providing something that is needed, especially when this makes you feel pleased or grateful: · We were getting into serious difficulties, but Ron came up trumps again.· Well, I got three people interested in helping, so if they all turn up trumps, we should reach our target.
when something has the result that you want it to have if something that you plan to do or try to do succeeds , you get the result that you hoped for: · Both sides could make these talks succeed by seeking a real and lasting peace.· As long as the financial crisis continues, economic reform cannot possibly succeed.succeed in doing something: · None of the measures taken by the government have succeeded in reducing the spread of violent crime.
if something that you plan to do or try to do is successful you get the result that you hoped for: · If the treatment is successful, she could be back at school next month.· a small but successful program to boost the number of African-Americans getting into collegehighly successful (=very successful): · It was a highly successful campaign.the most successful: · This has been Baltimore's most successful art show ever.so successful (. . . that): · The case of Thailand illustrates why family planning programs have been so successful in many countries. prove successful (=be successful): · The scheme was started in January 2000, and has proved largely successful.
if a plan or method works , it produces the result that you want: · "I can't open this jar." "Try putting it under hot water. That sometimes works."· I think your treatment worked Arnie, my headache's gone.· The recipe works just as well if you cook the fish in a microwave.
if something goes well , such as a meeting, party, or performance, everything happens in the way you wanted and there are no problems: · Ray met my parents for the first time this weekend, and it went really well.· The audition was OK, but it could have gone better I suppose.· Most people seem to think the party went well.go well for: · Good luck with the project, and I hope everything goes well for you.
if a plan, method etc has some success , it is fairly successful: · The early warning system has had some success; for example Pacific coast residents get four hours notice of a potential earthquake.· Only in the late 1990s did efforts to reduce sectarian violence have some success.
if something comes out right or turns out right , it succeeds in the end when it had seemed as though it would fail: · People enjoy romantic fiction because it offers a reassurance that things will always come out right.· Just when it looks as though everything will turn out right, tragedy strikes and Jenny dies of a fatal illness.come out right in the end: · She's scared she'll fail her exams, but I think everything'll come out right in the end.
if something that you arrange such as a party or trip comes off , it happens successfully even though there are problems in arranging it: · We had hoped to organize a trip to the theatre tonight, but it didn't come off.· Good try Tim. Shame it didn't quite come off.
if hard work, effort, a risk etc pays off , it has a successful result at a later time: · I think if you show a bit more consideration for other road users, you'll find it pays off.· We put a lot of hard work into local initiatives, and that's really starting to pay off now.
if a plan, idea, or action bears fruit , it has the successful result that it was intended to have, especially after a long period of time: · The campaign for debt relief will not bear fruit for another two or three years. · I hope you feel your involvement has been worthwhile and has borne fruit.
a meeting, discussion etc that is fruitful is successful, useful, and produces good results: · So far, the investigation has not been very fruitful.· This was one of the most fruitful debates of the conference.· If the talks prove fruitful, the working groups will start bargaining in May.
when something happens without any problems at all if something you have arranged such as an event or journey goes like clockwork , it happens in exactly the way that was planned, with no problems at all: · After all that fuss, everything went like clockwork. You should have seen it.· 'Everything go all right?' 'Like clockwork.'· All through that summer, work on the farm went like clockwork.
if a planned event, journey, piece of work etc goes smoothly , there are no problems to spoil it: · If all goes smoothly, elections are expected in May.· In rehearsal, everything went smoothly, even the difficult fight scenes.· My presentation went remarkably smoothly, until one student asked an awkward question right at the end.
if a planned action or event happens without a hitch , it happens exactly as planned with no problems at all, even though some may have been expected: · The first phase of the operation was completed without a hitch.· TCI say they hope that approval will be granted for the takeover without a hitch.· Except for the priest forgetting the groom's middle name, the ceremony came off without a hitch.
if something that has been carefully planned goes according to plan , it happens in exactly the way you planned it would: · Development of our new computer system is going according to plan and it should be in operation by October.
something that you succeed in doing when someone or something is successful: · The president believed that his approach was the only one with any chance of success.· After her recent successes in Tokyo and New York, Bjork has returned to perform in England.· Auster was surprised at the success of his latest novel.· Critics have been astonished at the film's success.be a success: · The concert was a great success.success in: · Success in business depends on hard work, determination, and good ideas.(a) big/huge/outstanding etc success: · Many first-class students go on to have even greater success.
something important that you succeed in doing by your own efforts and that other people admire: · Winning three gold medals is a remarkable achievement.· They read about his achievements in the press, and were filled with pride.· He didn't realize until much later what a spectacular achievement his father made in getting his commission as an officer. · Todd always downplayed his athletic achievements.
when you gradually get closer to the result you want to achieve: · We are very pleased with your son's progress at school.· a progress reportprogress in: · Progress in technology has changed people's lives dramatically.progress towards: · We are making steady progress towards equal status for men and women.make progress: · Yes, we've made progress. But there's so much more to do.· The two sides are making some progress toward a compromise.
an important discovery or achievement, especially one that happens suddenly after people have been trying for a long time: · This was an important breakthrough that had an enormous impact on the scientific community.breakthrough in: · Scientists are claiming a major breakthrough in the treatment of AIDS.· The technique is being described as a breakthrough in the field of tele-medicine.make a breakthrough: · Police say they have made a breakthrough in their search for the killer of Diane Sutton.
something good that someone has succeeded in doing and that they are proud of doing: · The Society is giving a dinner for top businesswomen, to reward and recognize their accomplishments.· The team's undefeated run this year is an outstanding accomplishment.· The establishment of full diplomatic relations with China was a major accomplishment of the Carter administration.
to be successful in your work also be a success to earn a lot of money or to become well known and respected, because you do your job very well: · Five years ago he started his own business and now he's very successful.· I'm glad we appointed Cyril - he's proved to be a great success.· In order to be successful as a dancer, you need flair and stamina.· He's leaving the company, despite having been a big success as marketing manager.· People who are successful in their careers have found out what they like and do well.
to be successful in your job, especially because you work hard: · Gail seemed so anxious to do well, and she worked really hard.· When the players do well, I praise them -- but there are no rewards for coming second.· Neither of the kids was doing well in school.· Most of his tutors expected him to do well at Harvard.· My friend left college and went into law, and he's doing very well for himself.
to be successful in your job, especially because you have a very strong desire to succeed: · The people who get on are the ones who create their own opportunities.· My father's experience taught me a memorable lesson in how to get ahead.get on in life/the world: · You may not like having to agree with everything the boss says, but often that's the way to get on in life.· If you want to get ahead in this world, kid, never take 'no' for an answer.
informal to become successful, especially in the sports or entertainment business: · He was a talented football player and I knew he'd make it.· We've fought long and hard to get where we are, and we deserve to make it.make it big (=become very successful): · Many actors move to America, hoping to make it big in Hollywood.make it on your own (=without any help from anyone): · Get as much advice from colleagues as you can - it can be difficult trying to make it on your own.
to become successful in your job by doing it well and continuing to work at it for a fairly long time: · People who have had setbacks are often the ones who are really driven to succeed.· a strong desire to succeedsucceed as a teacher/actor/musician etc: · If you don't change your attitude, you will never succeed as a manager in this firm.succeed at: · My parents always told me I'd succeed at anything I chose to do.succeed in: · A lot of people doubted that I could succeed in business for myself.
to get better and better jobs in a company, organization, or profession so that eventually you have one of the most important jobs in it: · Those who rise to the top in advertising can expect to earn in excess of $100,000.· I think we all like to believe that if someone is made of the right stuff, they will rise to the top.· A consummate professional, he rose to the top of the most competitive organization in the country.
to work very hard in your job so that eventually you reach an important and high position: · While she was working her way up from dishwasher to chef, she was studying at night school to improve her grades. work your way up to the top: · He started two years ago as an admin assistant, and worked his way up to the top.
to be successful in your job so that people notice you and respect your ability, especially because of a particular piece of work you have done: · In his early twenties, Terry was the typical ambitious graduate, full of ideas and eager to make his mark.· She instantly made her mark with a series of award-winning ad campaigns for high-profile clients.
to gain more important and better paid jobs in your chosen area of work, especially by doing things that will get you noticed by more important people that you work with: · First, take a look at what you personally can do to advance your career.· In recent weeks, Janet has become aware that her colleague Alan has been using her to further his own career.
when a company or product is successful · Unless we make a product that people want, we are not going to be successful.· To be successful, agencies must have in place a first-rate financial management system. · The new playstation has been less successful than the previous version.· The campaign was so successful that Harvard Business School adopted it as a case study.
if a company or product does well , it is successful, especially in difficult conditions or when it has not existed for very long: · If the firm does well, your shares will be worth far more than you paid for them.· The producer would only say that sales of the video were 'doing very well indeed.'
if a company, product, film etc is a success , it makes a lot of money because a lot of people use it, buy it, or go to see it: · There was a lot of uncertainty about whether or not the picture would be a success.· We've started our own business. If it's a success we should be earning at least $3,000 per month.· The movie was, not surprisingly, a huge commercial success for Jordan.· The show was an even bigger success than he had dreamed.
if a company or product succeeds , it becomes successful and can continue to do business or be produced: · Even in remote areas people open restaurants, and surprisingly enough, they succeed.· Who'd think of designing a virtual rock-climbing game? Microsoft did, and it succeeded.
if a company, or industry thrives , it is very successful, especially because economic conditions are good or because a lot of people want to buy or use its products: · The IT explosion means that telecommunications companies are thriving.· It is still unclear whether dotcom companies will continue to thrive in the long-term future.
if a company, or industry prospers , it is successful and is able to make good profits because of good economic conditions or good management: · Over the next few years, our little bar prospered and grew in popularity.· India's software companies have prospered by keeping costs to a bare minimum.
to start to be successful if a product, company, your job etc takes off , it suddenly starts being successful: · Her singing career took off after an appearance on Johnny Carson's "Tonight' show in America.· Before you knew it, 11 companies had settled here, and the place really took off.
to be becoming richer, more successful etc: · He's not that famous a musician at the moment, but he's definitely on the way up.· starter homes for young couples on the way up
: up-and-coming artist/player/executive etc an artist, player etc, especially a young one, who is getting more and more successful and who will probably soon be famous: · Many up-and-coming young players have trials for the national football team.· an award for the best up-and-coming comic actress
if you say that a person or company is going places , you mean that they are already achieving success and will probably be even more successful in the future: · Alvin was part of it all now. Only 24, and he was going places.· This company is clearly one that is going places.
British to be getting more successful all the time: · A gliding club that started in a local farmer's barn says business is on the up and up.· We lost at Oxford, but since then we've been on the up and up and won our last four games.
likely to be successful in the future if a person, company, or product has potential , they are likely to be successful in the future, especially if they develop in the right way: · Slater has enormous potential, and should soon be playing football for England.· She realized that cosmetics made from natural products had great commercial potential.reach/fulfil/realize/achieve your (full) potential (=be as successful as you have the ability to be): · Sadly, many students leave before they have the opportunity to achieve their potential.
likely, but not certain, to be very successful: · Jonathan is one of our most promising employees.· Matthew is a promising young dancer with lots of stage personality.· Peter gave up a promising career in chemical engineering to become a priest.
if someone will go far or will go a long way , they will be very successful, especially because they have shown natural ability in something or shown that they have the right sort of character to do something: · I remember watching her play, and thinking 'she'll go far.'· If this team keeps its mind on nothing but football, it will go a long, long way.
to be likely to be successful in whatever you choose to do as a job, especially because you are clever or have natural ability in something: · He is a successful student with a bright future.· Billy Joe has a great future in this team.· A man like you could have a great future here, but you've got to prove yourself.have a great/bright future ahead of you: · She was an attractive girl with a bright future ahead of her when her life was cut short in a tragic car accident.
a successful person use this about a successful person or a job in which someone is successful: successful businessman/star/lawyer etc: · Three years ago she married a successful businessman, and now she never sees her old friends.· a rich, successful entrepreneur· Eddie Murphy is one of Hollywood's most successful stars.· After a long run in the band Genesis, he had a successful solo career.
someone who is extremely successful in their job, especially because they have an unusually high level of ability: · High flyers can expect promotion to Branch Manager by the time they're 30.· Jupe is an academic high-flyer and a gifted administrator.· The potential high flyers of the diplomatic service usually join as administrative trainees.
someone who is determined, who works hard, and who is very successful at whatever they do: · Christopher came from a comfortable family of upper-middle-class achievers. · I guess it was clear to everyone that I was bright and an achiever.high achiever: · The study shows that only-children tend to be high achievers in school.
if someone's life or job is a success story , they have been very successful, especially when they start from a low position or from a situation that does not give them many advantages: · His life has been the classic American success story, from rags to riches.· Richard is one of our success stories -- by accepting voluntary work, he was spared a prison sentence.· Hill represents a police success story, having risen up through the ranks to become chief inspector.
a successful company or product · What are the features that characterized the successful corporations of the past?· He returned to Merseyside after a successful tour with Johnny Gentle.· Our most successful product is based on a very simple idea.· Gradually, word spread, and we built up a very successful business indeed.
a company, organization, or industry that is thriving is very successful, especially because economic conditions are good or because a lot of people want to buy or use their products: · The nearby malls are thriving, and there's no need for another regional shopping centre.· He expanded the shipping trade and left a thriving business to his son. · the thriving fast-food and soft drinks industry
a company or industry that is booming is extremely successful at a particular time, especially because economic conditions are good: · The need for personal protection has led to a booming private security industry here. · Every day, we hear that the IT industry is booming, but where's the real evidence of that?business is booming (=used to say that you are selling a lot of products and making a lot of money): · One company that specializes in fitting old computers with new parts says business is booming.
if a company or product is a success story , it has become extremely successful, especially suddenly: · Tonight, we're going to hear about another business success story from the North East. · Well, the success story might never have happened if the entrepreneur had taken the advice of his bank.
method/plan/system a method, system etc that is effective succeeds in achieving the result that you want: · The advertisement was simple but remarkably effective.· Our training programme covers a range of effective management techniques.an effective way of doing something/to do something: · There are many effective ways of using videos in language teaching.highly effective: · The new system has proved to be a highly effective way of extending trading hours.
if a plan or method works , it produces the result that you want: · "I can't open the jar." "Try putting it in hot water. That sometimes works."work well: · The recipe works just as well if you cook the fish in the microwave.work with somebody (=make someone react in the way you want): · That type of sales talk doesn't work with me.work like magic/like a charm/like a dream (=have exactly the result that you want, especially when this is surprising): · I bought a bottle of stain remover, and it worked like magic.
to produce the result or effect that is intended: · You may have to take two pills in order to achieve the desired effect.have the desired effect of doing something: · The meetings had the desired effect of driving home the urgent need for change.
an action, or piece of work that is successful produces very good results: · Their new advertising campaign has been very successful.· Did you have a successful shopping trip?· It was one of the President's most successful speeches.highly successful: · Freire introduced highly successful literacy programs in Brazil.
spoken say this about a tool or method you think will be effective: · An electric saw will do the job at twice the speed.· Exercise and a low-calorie diet should do the trick.
to be extremely effective in dealing with a difficult problem or situation: · Many elderly people need to get out more, and often a new hobby works wonders.work wonders for: · The team's recent successes have worked wonders for their morale.
if the way you do something or the methods or people you use make a difference , they make something much more effective and successful: · If you're a young energetic college graduate who wants to make a difference in the world of media, this is the job for you!make all the difference: · The kind of technology you choose will make all the difference to the success of your business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a highly successful (=very successful) meeting a highly successful (=very successful) product Arthur was a highly successful (=very successful) businessman.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a highly successful politician Africa’s second highest mountain
a highly successful (=very successful) meeting a highly successful (=very successful) product Arthur was a highly successful (=very successful) businessman. (=someone who is accepted or not accepted for a job etc) Successful applicants will be expected to travel extensively.
Successful applicants will be expected to travel extensively.· an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government
· Within a few years she had established a thriving business in London.
· a highly successful businessman
· The Conservatives failed to mount an effective campaign.
(=the one who gets the job or position)· The successful candidate will be innovative and self-motivated.
· David had had a successful career in banking.
· The armed forces are too weak to mount a successful coup.
· an economically successful area
· Their efforts were successful, and they won the contract.
· She is the owner of an extremely successful enterprise.
a highly successful politician· The key to a successful marriage is friendship.
· Hopes for a successful outcome to the war were fading.
· We are looking forward to a successful partnership.
· Was the project successful?
· We do not yet have enough evidence for a successful prosecution.
· The club has had another successful season.
Africa’s second highest mountain· The most successful strategy is often the simplest one.
· The surgery was successful and he’s recovering well.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· If it proves as successful as its developer, Ramtron, claims, it could replace all other types of data storage.· Still, doubts linger that the program will be as successful as its backers claim.· The next event was just as successful, although it sailed closer to the wind.· Any organization will be only as successful as those at the bottom are willing to make it.· He was ambitious to be recognized as a physiologist as successful as his father.· The program was as successful as it was popular.· Elsewhere, however, management strategies have not been as successful.
· If that was its method of discouraging tourists in their search for quaint old London pubs, it was highly successful.· Specialists who are very good in their profession will find increased opportunities to create or join highly successful professional service firms.· Experience here has shown it to be highly successful.· He was a highly successful businessman, a leader in a local evangelical church.· In spite of this generous beginning the financial management of Mary's reign was highly successful.· Telemarketing in the world of opera is not highly successful.· Would you also like to be in control of your emotions and on the path to a highly successful future?
· The follow-up survey planned for Spring 1985 will test just how successful they have been in job search.· These projects are only now coming on line and how successful they will be has yet to be determined.· Instead, it reflected how successful they had been in aggressively promoting their rather indifferent work.· Finally, I asked him how successful his program was.· When our album Cuts Both Ways was released in 1989, I couldn't believe how successful it was.· They worked hard at Muirfield to make the bunkers look natural, and after visiting Auchnafree I understood how successful they were.· Only a Review/Recall Stage at the end will determine how successful you have been in your reading.· The story that yearns to be told is how successful we have been.
· They had hosted their own shoot at Dolphinton where they had been less successful.· Where the transitions were more subtle, as in changing cultural conceptions among the literati, the Jesuits were less successful.· By contrast, the Protestant attack on traditional religious festivals was far less successful.· During the course of my research, I discovered that there were less successful instances, but happily these were few.· It may live longer, but it will be less successful at reproducing and may fail to pass on its genes.· He landed without incident, but his pachyderm pal proved less successful.· Unfortunately, with a marginally less successful Cup than League record, Athletico have never been in that position.· The council has been far less successful.
· Today it remains to be seen whether Museveni's essentially centralist approach will be more successful than its predecessors.· The circle seems unbroken, and now, in this new millennium, Showcase promises to be even more successful.· Amperometric transducers have generally been more successful than their potentiometric counterparts, allowing detection of many organic solutes.· In every way, the San Diego convention has been more successful for Republicans than the Houston bash-fest.· Progress in the Cup the next year was more successful, if less spectacular.· There have been repeated allegations that the current interceptor tests have been rigged to appear more successful than they have actually been.· The truth commissions have sometimes proved more successful, in part because the present governments are not responsible for past abuses.· The whole predator's body, including all its genes, is more successful because it runs faster.
· A gradual but firm approach to weaning is the most successful.· Groups seem to be most successful when undertaking tangible projects, as Black Mountain was when building its second campus.· It was the most successful moment of his life.· The two most successful ones were hosted by the Arizona schools.· Grey and silver are definitely the most successful colours when pressing.· Well, it was our most successful item.· They were the most successful comedy films of all time.· This is the third year of the program and the most successful by far.
· However, attempts to estimate percentage crystallinity in a sample using n.m.r. have not been particularly successful.· This is a task at which he has not been particularly successful, so far.· He had not been a particularly successful student.· Friedrich Paneth, a Viennese chemist and keen amateur photographer, was particularly successful with the process.· Though the orchestra still lacks a substantial endowment, a new fund-raising strategy has proved particularly successful.· This part of the enterprise was particularly successful and we are grateful to Len for supplying the goods and our Hon.· The latter is particularly successful on barracuda.
· On its own, it would not be so successful.· It was Burrows who ensured that the television coverage of a tournament played in five countries was so successful.· Within a short time his business became so successful he bought the shop where he had worked without pay.· As it was so successful I have agreed I will do another one in April.· Joe was not so successful in his effort to secure a commission.· Now it's been so successful, it's opening on a permanent basis.· He and his girlfriend occupied two stools and had a lot of attitude because they were so successful.
· Classical elasticity assumes this to be the case and it has been very successful with continuous media.· I fear I have not been very successful, in any case.· We were very successful in getting more than £40 million for unpaid benefits.· Walker Equipment is a very successful company specializing in the sale and leasing of heavy construction equipment.· Some centres had been very successful in training these children to make valuable objects.· One guy who has been very successful at it once told me his secret of success.· So we weren't very successful at hitch-hiking.· It was a very successful flight test.
NOUN· It's a highly successful business.· This simple name has helped break through the clutter of all the other suppliers to build a successful business.· During that time Cathy and Margaret have created a thriving, successful business.· This system has worked well for some of our most successful business enterprises, particularly in the technological and medical industries.· In 1686 he inherited his father's properties and continued his successful business as a producer of linseed and rape oil.· She thought that she could build a successful business of her own by offering herself as an agent to authors she chose.· Once again, I was restless and unfulfilled, though I now had a successful business and was happily married.· Today the Foglios have a successful business with an impressive income.
· Galloway had made his way in life and was now a successful businessman.· Perry, a successful businessman, brought a brisk and decisive managerial style to the Defense Department.· He wanted to get out of the old activist scene and transform himself into a modern, successful businessman.· Don Basilio is a successful businessman in the wool industry.· Jaggard's first book was registered with the Stationers' Company on 4 March 1595; he rapidly became a successful businessman.· He was a highly successful businessman, a leader in a local evangelical church.· Perhaps Mond the chemist and highly successful businessman would approve of the mixture.· He lied when he ran for governor on the platform of being a successful businessman and political outsider.
· Financially, Peter and I had had a successful campaign together.· It will be a highly successful campaign and will cost £5 million.· We countered with a successful campaign to convince the young lawyers section to take a pro-ERA stance.· The successful campaign to introduce commercial television into Britain in the 1950s is a good example of this.· Barbour is now Republican national chairman, and Stevens went on to a string of successful campaigns, including those of Sens.· He was also a leading member of Mr Major's successful campaign team for the Tory leadership 16 months ago.· It has secured sales and has certainly proved a successful campaign.
· The successful candidate is awarded his next kyu grade.· It is envisaged that the successful candidate will have a recent postgraduate qualification or a good honours degree.· If a glowing prospect is held out then a successful candidate will expect it.· The successful candidates will fill the ten process, six industrial mechanic and two automation technician trainee positions that were made available.· When the College was in its early years, certain outstanding medical men signed the diploma awarded to successful candidates.· And his seven years of study have paid off, with his name among those of this week's successful candidates.· The next steps are for the successful candidates to take.
· Their previous cutter Vigilant was still going strong and it was hoped that Searcher would have an equally successful career.· My friend the liberal won an upset victory and went on to a successful career in politics.· Thus Hans Sloane began the thorough grounding on which he was to build his successful career.· Women do the same work as men, have the same successful careers, but not always for the same pay.· Its present director is Sidney Newey, a successful career railwayman who sees almost endless possibilities for new routes.· Guilt Myra was an elegant young woman of thirty-three with a successful career in advertising.· Good practical administrative abilities must be secured in order to make a successful career out of conveyancing.· Close friends since schooldays, Joanna and Helen are now successful career women in their twenties.
· A nationally recognised qualification should be awarded on successful completion of a validated course.· Part 4 goes on to look at the training of parents in skills necessary for successful completion of these steps.· A rather grand certificate marking the successful completion of all the tasks also adds to the attraction.· Upon successful completion, the salesperson is then entrusted to sell the washing machines and dryers unaided.· On the other hand the exhilaration following the successful completion of such a task is well worth the effort.· The successful completion of this part of the set-up is announced by three beeps.· The University also awards an ordinary degree on successful completion of certain courses.· On successful completion of the training they then transfer to another ship in the fleet and work as a waiter or waitress.
· For example, employees may receive bonus payments on the successful conclusion of their overseas assignments.· Robert Cardinal Bellarmine, was brought to a successful conclusion and the canonization ceremonies followed in the year 1726.· Whenever this happens, the onus is on you to control the call and steer the conversation to a successful conclusion.· The successful conclusion of the operation now commencing will be of great value to our country.· For all those reasons, it is essential that there is a successful conclusion to the Maastricht summit next month.· Each successive crisis in our history is mapped and each depends in a measure on the successful conclusion of the ones previous.· A successful conclusion would boost the world economy by £200 billion.· We simply glued the broken ear back in place and she carried on to a successful conclusion.
· Again, like most successful entrepreneurs, he knows the value of showmanship.· Most successful entrepreneurs are hard on themselves, in the sense that they are never easily satisfied.· The plots were essentially the same; like any successful entrepreneur, Alger knew when he was on to a good thing.· The world of successful entrepreneurs is full of smiling faces and confident attitudes.· Billy Butlin became the most successful entrepreneur in this explosive growth.· This is true among all the successful entrepreneurs we have studied.· Bill went on to become a successful entrepreneur.· In fact, most successful entrepreneurs get used to treating virtually everyone they meet as a possible piece of business.
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- And she must have been fabulously rich to live in a house like this.
- And you need to be halfway decent and honest and real.
- Discs viable, a second halfway decent act was required.
- Reading about that stuff, downing really halfway decent coffee.
- Sefelt has pulled back halfway normal, swelling up and down with big wet, rattling breaths.
WORD FAMILYnounsuccesssuccessionsuccessoradjectivesuccessful ≠ unsuccessfulsuccessiveverbsucceedadverbsuccessfully ≠ unsuccessfully
1achieving what you wanted, or having the effect or result you intended: The operation was successful. a highly successful (=very successful) meetingsuccessful in (doing) something Were you successful in persuading him to change his mind?2a successful business, film, product etc makes a lot of money: The show’s had a pretty successful run. a highly successful (=very successful) product3a successful person earns a lot of money or is very well known and respected: Arthur was a highly successful (=very successful) businessman.successful in He later became successful in politics.successful as I think she’ll be successful as a photographer.—successfully adverb: He successfully completed a master’s degree.THESAURUSsuccessful achieving what you wanted, or having the effect or result you intended: · He applied for a visa three times and in the end he was successful.· The treatment was successful.· It was a highly successful campaign.effective having the effect or result that was wanted – used especially about treatments, drugs, or methods: · The drug is effective against a range of diseases.· We still haven't found an effective way to solve the problem.victorious successful as a result of winning in a game, election, war etc: · the captain of the victorious team· She emerged victorious in the second round of voting.promising likely to be very successful in the future, used especially about someone who is good at a job, sport, art etc: · a promising young athlete· He gave up a promising career in banking.thriving very successful – used about a company, industry, or organization that is doing well at a particular time: · The area has a thriving tourist industry.· The school is thriving academically.booming extremely successful – used about an economy, or when business or trade is increasing: · the booming economy in China· Business is booming.