success

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an attainment that is successful

   Our success in the marathon was unexpected by those that did not see our preparation.

2. 2
   noun

   an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

   let's call heads a success and tails a failure

3. 3
   noun

   a state of prosperity or fame

   I am enjoying great success.

4. 4
   noun

   The achievement of one's aim or goal.

   His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success.

5. 5
   noun

   Financial profitability.

   Don't let success go to your head.

6. 6
   noun

   One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.

   Scholastically, he was a success.

7. 7
   noun

   The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.

   She is country music's most recent success.

8. 8
   noun

   Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.

   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.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”). Partly displaced native Old English spēd, whence Modern English speed.