Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a favorable outcome.
- adjective Having obtained something desired or intended.
- adjective Having achieved wealth or eminence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or resulting in success; obtaining or terminating in the accomplishment of what is wished or intended; often, specifically, having succeeded in obtaining riches, high position, or other objects of ambition; prosperous; fortunate.
- Synonyms Prosperous, etc. (see
fortunate ); effectual.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resulting in
success ; assuring, or promotive of,success ; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect;prosperous ;fortunate ;happy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another important thing about Mozart to keep in mind is that his father was also a successful musician, as well as a _successful teacher_ of music who saw that his son had talent devoted a lot of time and effort towards making that talent bloom as much as possible.
Miracle At St. Anna Steven Barnes 2008
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The term successful, unfortunately, is a bit of a-- a bit of a vague term.
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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, you know, the term successful is a little bit of a vague term when it comes to this.
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Page 570 pains to make his term successful by having them possessed of qualities similar to his own.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907
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"I find the term successful fascinating when used around institutional repositories," says eScholarship Publishing Group director Catherine Mitchell.
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"I find the term successful fascinating when used around institutional repositories," says eScholarship Publishing Group director Catherine Mitchell.
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In August, Iran announced what it called a successful test firing of a new, longer-range Fateh-110.
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Plus, a doctor is sued after performing what she calls a successful life saving operation.
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The Iranian military released this video Wednesday of what it called a successful test firing.
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Kim's public re-emerge comes as North Korea celebrates what it calls a successful missile launch.
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