success
/səkˈsɛs/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
name
A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
name
A town in Clay County, Arkansas.
name
A ghost town in Jasper County, Mississippi.
Example Sentences
- "His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success."
- "a glowing success"
- "Actually there was recently a talented young female bassoonist who gave up a promising career on that sturdy instrument, not to do something more feminine but to take up bullfighting. This is Patricia Hayes of San Angelo, Texas, who has had spectacular success in the arenas of Mexico and Portugal. Unfortunately she is not America's only matadoress."
- "Republicans are launching a new nonprofit group to highlight the legislative successes of its vulnerable incumbents with a $2 million advertising blitz touting the work of five vulnerable GOP senators to protect Medicare."
- "Don't let success go to your head."
- "Instead Nokia decided better to stick with what they knew worked - good, solid, reliable mobile phones of the kind that had brought them success until then."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”).