successful
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1.6
- adjective
- /səkˈsɛsfəl/
:
exitoso
- Last year was our most successful year on social media.
- a successful implementation
- successful conservation
- a successful program
My God, he's the most successful DJ I know.
- My God, he's the most successful DJ I know.
- You're going to become successful because of it.
- OK, Yeah, you're successful, but you're still lonely.
- And let's just remind you, watch what successful people do and copy them.
- So that was a very successful time at Downton.
- They were not, let's say, successful by the world standards.
- It has been a very, very successful gardening season.
- She doesn't care if it's successful as long as I'm happy.
Examples
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Like, how'd you become so successful so young?
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If you want to be successful, you have to change this.
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OK, what was your most successful book and why?
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OK, It says I am a successful independent mother.
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And it's those successful people in the world.
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I would say that was quite a successful snack shop.
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It's it's the most successful hedge fund ever, I think.
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Why do you think I'm so successful in this business, Mary?
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That's what I call a successful trip to the mall.
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Last year was our most successful year on social media.
Synonyms
986
3.1
Produces the intended result, for example a speech or medicine
62
3.7
A person who has won a contest or match and feels proud
58
3.7
Feeling very happy and proud after a win or success
Having won a game or contest
Antonyms
Compounds
5
4.1
A person who starts and runs a business that makes a lot of money or becomes well known
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Successful comes from success, a word that goes back to a Latin word meaning 'to come after' and then 'to turn out well'. It is the same root as succeed, so to be successful is to have 'succeeded' or to get the result you wanted.