SUCCESS

[noun] [U]Success is the achieving of desired results.To what do you owe the tremendous success of your business?The success of almost any project depends largely on its manager.I've been trying to persuade her to take on more staff but so far without much success.She enjoyed great success with all three records in the States.I'm not having much success in getting through to (= communicating with) him at the moment.The success rate for the operation is very low.A success is something that achieves positive results.It's too early to say yet whether the operation has been a success.Both films have been a big box-office success in this country.It won't be an easy project to get off the ground, but she seems determined to make a success of it.That salmon dish was a success, wasn't it?A success story is something or someone that achieves great success, often by making a lot of money.Angela Black's biscuit company is a rare success story in these times of recession.