Success
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /səkˈsɛs/
Alternative forms
- successe archaic
Origin
From Latin successus, from succedere ("to succeed"), from sub ("next to") + cedere ("to go, move")
Full definition of success
Noun
success
(countable and uncountable; plural successs)- (obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result. 16th-18th c.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe, others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake.
- The achievement of one's aim or goal. from 16th c.His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success.
- (business) financial profitability.Don't let success go to your head.
- One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.Scholastically, he was a success.The new range of toys has been a resounding success.
- The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.She is country music's most recent success.