successful
pronunciation
How to pronounce successful in British English:
UK [səkˈsesfl]
How to pronounce successful in American English:
US [səkˈsesfl]
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- Adjective:
- having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
Word Origin
- successful (adj.)
- 1580s, from success + -ful. Originally "having or resulting in any kind of success;" since late 19c. it has tended to mean "wealthy, resulting in financial prosperity" unless otherwise indicated. Related: Successfully.
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Example
- 1. How will you know when you 're successful ?
- 2. With this meeting they celebrated successful river damming .
- 3. Successful places have in common the ability to attract people and to enable them to collaborate .
- 4. To make successful movies more expensive , you have to know what movies are going to be successful .
- 5. Since you two have once had a successful sexual relationship , it should be possible to return to that .