/sʌksɛˈsʌz/ - [suksesuz] -
We found 3 definitions of successes from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: success |
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success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" | ||
attainment arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition" | ||
winning succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything" | ||
smasher, bang, smash, strike, hit a very attractive or seductive looking woman | ||
home run, bell ringer, bull's eye, mark something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" | ||
conquest success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of space" | ||
coup a brilliant and notable success | ||
flying colors, flying colours complete success; "they passed inspection with flying colors" | ||
qualifying, passing, pass success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" | ||
overturn, upset an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" | ||
seduction, conquest enticing someone astray from right behavior | ||
score the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" | ||
success - an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; "let's call heads a success and tails a failure"; "the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs" | ||
failure an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes" | ||
happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens | ||
barnburner an impressively successful event; "the rock concert was a real barnburner" | ||
godspeed a successful journey; "they wished him Godspeed" | ||
victory, triumph a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" | ||
success - a state of prosperity or fame; "he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success" | ||
failure an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes" | ||
successful having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture" | ||
unsuccessful not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome | ||
successfulness, prosperity the condition of prospering; having good fortune | ||
big time the highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment) | ||
success - a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success" | ||
achiever, winner, succeeder | ||
unsuccessful person, nonstarter, loser, failure a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered | ||
mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
first lady the wife of a chief executive | ||
great a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music" | ||
highflier, highflyer a person of great ability and ambition | ||
natural (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake |