Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The achievement of one's aim or goal.

    His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success.

    a glowing success

    Erfolg

    успе́хuspéx, уда́чаudáča

    у́спіхúspix

  2. (countable, uncountable)Financial profitability.

    Don't let success go to your head.

    успе́хuspéx, благосостоя́ниеblagosostojánije

  3. (countable, uncountable)One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.

    Scholastically, he was a success.

    The new range of toys has been a resounding success.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.

    She is country music's most recent success.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.

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

Examples

1201 sentences
  1. Everybody was jealous of my success.

    Усі заздрили моєму успіху. — ChickenKiev

    ruВсе завидовали моему успеху. — V_Zmoova

    deAlle waren auf meinen Erfolg neidisch. — xtofu80

  2. He was jealous of my success.

    Він заздрив моєму успіху. — deniko

    ruОн завидовал моему успеху. — Biga

    deEr war neidisch auf meinen Erfolg. — Peanutfan

  3. They are jealous of our success.

    Вони заздрять нашому успіху. — deniko

    ruОни завидуют нашему успеху. — Hellerick

    deSie neiden uns unseren Erfolg. — MUIRIEL

  4. I am sure of her success.

    Я впевнений у її успіху. — deniko

    ruЯ уверен в её успехе. — odexed

    deIch bin mir ihres Erfolges sicher. — wolfgangth

  5. The party was such a great success.

    Вечірка була надзвичайно успішною. — ascolto

    deDie Party war ein voller Erfolg. — Wolf

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
achievement of one's aim or goal:
Русский
By meaning 2
achievement of one's aim or goal:
(business) financial profitability:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
achievement of one's aim or goal:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) +

Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: successes

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was a success
  • attributed his success
  • success depends depends
  • owe my success
  • of his success
  • a great success
  • his success to
  • success was due
  • of your success
  • a huge success
  • great success
  • chance of success

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
success — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto