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[ suh k-ses -fuh l ] SHOW IPA
/ səkˈsɛs fəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective achieving or having achieved success.
having attained wealth, position, honors, or the like.
resulting in or attended with success.
Origin of successful First recorded in 1580–90; success + -ful
OTHER WORDS FROM successful suc·cess·ful·ly, adverb suc·cess·ful·ness, noun half-suc·cess·ful, adjective half-suc·cess·ful·ly, adverb
half-suc·cess·ful·ness, noun non·suc·cess·ful, adjective non·suc·cess·ful·ly, adverb pre·suc·cess·ful, adjective pre·suc·cess·ful·ly, adverb qua·si-suc·cess·ful, adjective qua·si-suc·cess·ful·ly, adverb sem·i·suc·cess·ful, adjective sem·i·suc·cess·ful·ly, adverb
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Example sentences from the Web for successful Many successful impact investors already follow this playbook.
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Truth be told, building a successful startup is a never-ending learning curve.
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Beyoncé has, for close to a decade now, been a deity in entertainment: untouchable, successful , divine.
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Just how many fake nodes would be needed in order to pull off a successful Sybil attack against Tor is not known.
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After a successful summer working alongside R, he officially offered her the reigns of La Domaine.
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Well, I should have said that his most successful methods were invented by the devil!
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"Not altogether a successful party," mused Daphne, as a taxi-cab conveyed her to Hurlingham.
She looked round with the triumphant smile of a successful unraveller of mystery.
To Hildebrand she says that if her scheme had been successful "at my exalted name posterity would bow."
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The play brought to a successful end, I realised that for one day no letters had come from Hildreth.
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British Dictionary definitions for successful adjective having succeeded in one's endeavours
marked by a favourable outcome
having obtained fame, wealth, etc
Derived forms of successful successfully , adverb successfulness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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