success
pronunciation
How to pronounce success in British English:
UK [səkˈses]
How to pronounce success in American English:
US [səkˈses]
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- Noun:
- an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
- an attainment that is successful
- a state of prosperity or fame
- a person with a record of successes
Word Origin
- success (n.)
- 1530s, "result, outcome," from Latin successus "an advance, a coming up; a good result, happy outcome," noun use of past participle of succedere "come after" (see succeed). Meaning "accomplishment of desired end" (good success) first recorded 1580s. Meaning "a thing or person which succeeds," especially in public, is from 1882. The moral flabbiness born of the bitch-goddess SUCCESS. That -- with the squalid interpretation put on the word success -- is our national disease. [William James to H.G. Wells, Sept. 11, 1906] Success story is attested from 1902. Among the French phrases reported by OED as in use in English late 19c. were succès d'estime "cordial reception given to a literary work out of respect rather than admiration" and succès de scandale "success (especially of a work of art) dependent upon its scandalous character."
Synonym
easy sell-out goals time slam achievement tour good attainment fortune accomplishment win master reaching fame realization victory stroke seller big street triumph wealth and fortune把ǎ: fulfillment riches coup hit arrival force prosperity one's box-office grand winner best smash of life sensation de prosperousness genius money
Example
- 1. Their success is no accident .
- 2. Success also brings its challenges .
- 3. But their success is questionable .
- 4. There are pockets of success .
- 5. Success brought fame and riches .