SUCCESS


Meaning of SUCCESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ səkses ]

( successes)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Success is the achievement of something that you have been trying to do.

It’s important for the long-term success of any diet that you vary your meals.

...the success of European business in building a stronger partnership between management and workers.

≠ failure

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2.

Success is the achievement of a high position in a particular field, for example in business or politics.

Nearly all of the young people interviewed believed that work was the key to success.

≠ failure

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3.

The success of something is the fact that it works in a satisfactory way or has the result that is intended.

Most of the cast was amazed by the play’s success...

≠ failure

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4.

Someone or something that is a success achieves a high position, makes a lot of money, or is admired a great deal.

We hope it will be a commercial success.

≠ failure

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