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successful

[suhk-ses-fuhl]

adjective

  1. achieving or having achieved success.

  2. having attained wealth, position, honors, or the like.

  3. resulting in or attended with success.



successful

/ ²õÉ™°ìˈ²õÉ›²õ´ÚÊŠ±ô /

adjective

  1. having succeeded in one's endeavours

  2. marked by a favourable outcome

  3. having obtained fame, wealth, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • successfully adverb
  • successfulness noun
  • half-successful adjective
  • half-successfully adverb
  • half-successfulness noun
  • nonsuccessful adjective
  • nonsuccessfully adverb
  • presuccessful adjective
  • presuccessfully adverb
  • quasi-successful adjective
  • quasi-successfully adverb
  • semisuccessful adjective
  • semisuccessfully adverb
  • ²õ³Ü³¦Ëˆ³¦±ð²õ²õ´Ú³Ü±ô²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ²õ³Ü³¦Ëˆ³¦±ð²õ²õ´Ú³Ü±ô±ô²â adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of successful1

First recorded in 1580–90; success + -ful
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Money isn’t a problem, if statements on the event’s website are believed: “We are backed by some of the world’s most successful venture capitalists, allowing us to operate independently without government and taxpayer funding.â€

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The positive energy around the club was further fuelled by a successful week for the British contingent, who quickly made themselves at home.

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“Testing our capabilities, and very successful. We know we can push beyond that limit now as far as distance goes.â€

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He said reaching this successful conclusion involved years of efforts by leaders of the tribe and Western Rivers Conservancy, as well as help from other partners.

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She went on to become a successful commentator and pundit, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1989.

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Spelling tips forÌýsuccessful

The word successful is hard to spell because it can be hard to know which letters are doubled. Both the c and the middle s are doubled, but the f and l are not. How to spell successful: To be a success, you need to see (two Cs) Some Smarts (two Ss). This reminds you that success is spelled with a double C in the middle and a double S at the end. To spell successful, you add the base word (success) to the suffix -ful.

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