## Meanings
1. The achieving of something you wanted or planned.
2. The state of doing well and gaining wealth, fame, or respect.
3. A person or thing that does well or turns out as hoped.

## Examples
- His third attempt to pass the exam was a success.
- She is enjoying great success as a singer.
- The party was a huge success.

## Derived Forms
- successful
- successfully
- successism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: successus

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Success is a 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. In present-day use, it can mean the achieving of something you wanted or planned, or the state of doing well and gaining wealth, fame, or respect. Derived formations include successful, successfully, successism.

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- People & Society

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