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Definition: Success |
SuccessNoun1. An event that accomplishes its intended purpose; "let's call heads a success and tails a failure"; "the election was a remarkable success for Republicans". 2. An attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success". 3. A state of prosperity or fame; "he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success". 4. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "success" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
Etymology: Success \Suc*cess"\, noun. [Latin expression successus: compare to the French expression succ[`e]s. See Succeed.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Satire | SUCCESS, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows. In literature, and particularly in poetry, the elements of success are exceedingly simple, and are admirably set forth in the following lines by the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape, entitled, for some mysterious reason, "John A. Joyce." The bard who would prosper must carry a book, Do his thinking in prose and wear A crimson cravat, a far-away look And a head of hexameter hair. Be thin in your thought and your body'll be fat; If you wear your hair long you needn't your hat. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
19th Century Satire | A goal usually reached by those who employ their time in cultivating a more definite aim in life rather than in searching for a larger target. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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Synonyms: SuccessSynonyms: achiever (n), succeeder (n), winner (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: failure (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prosperity | Noun: prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence; (wealth); success; thrift, roaring trade; good fortune, smiles of fortune; blessings, godsend. |
Success | Verb: succeed; be successful; Adjective: gain one's end, gain one's ends; crown with success. |
Noun: success, successfulness; speed; advance; (progress). | |
Continued success; good fortune; (prosperity); time well spent. | |
Conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill; achiever, success, success story. | |
Come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors; make short work of; take by storm, carry by storm; bear away the bell; win one's wings, win one's spurs, win the battle; win the day, carry the day, gain the day, gain the prize, gain the palm; have the best of it, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at one's feet, have one on the hop; walk over the course; carry all before one, remain in possession of the field; score a success. | |
Adjective: succeeding; Verb: successful; prosperous; triumphant; flushed with success, crowned with success; victorious, on top; set up; in the ascendant; unbeaten; (see beat; Verb:); well-spent; felicitous, effective, in full swing. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Success |
| Specialty definitions using "success": Nest success. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "success": Insuccess. (references) |
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Screenplays | In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) We both might face the facts that neither of us has proved to be a very great success as a wife. (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry.) I said, since you don't have much success as a thief, you should try a new career. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Tuesday's plastic corrosion awareness meeting was a big success. (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton) | |
Lyrics | Come back, get back, that's the part of success (The Next Episode; performing artist: Dr. Dre) Success or failure will not alter it (THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER; performing artist: Howard Jones) Change returns success (Chapter 24; performing artist: Pink Floyd) | |
Clever | There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends. (references; author: Mark Twain) Success comes in cans, not can'ts. (references; author: unknown) Charity begins at home. Success begins at work. (references; author: unknown) The road to success is always under construction. (references; author: unknown) The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Working Models of Success (1973) The Secret of My Success (1965) Success Story (1962) Steps to Success (1959) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) | |
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 | Wired coral fragments in a monitoring station are indicated by the fiberglass rebar in the foreground of the photograph. Monitoring stations were established to determine the success of the restoration effort. The disc to the left of the photograph also distinguishes this location as a monitoring station. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | This image shows a control site at the Mona Island reef. Control sites were selected at random to measure conditions of the reef outside the impacted area. Control sites help scientists determine the success of the restoration effort by later comparing conditions at the control site with those within the restoration areas. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | HYDROLAB's success lay in the simple design and expert support personnel. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Magaly Rodriguez (left), NRCS Soil Conservation Tech. and Darryl Williams (right), NRCS District Conservationist, Okaloosa Co., FL, review the success of sand fencing and sea oats along Destin Beach. The fencing and sea oats were installed to stabilize er. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | A crew boss debriefs his crew on the day's success. Credit: USDA. |  | Scientists at the ARS/University of California Plant Gene Expression Center are the first in the world to report success in genetically engineering barley. Some of the bioengineered barley carries a gene that may help the plants resist attack by barley yellow dwarf virus. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |
 | Apples are an all-American success story-each of us eats more than 19 pounds of them annually. Thanks to fruit-breeding research, we're able to enjoy more productive, healthy, and flavorful new varieties every year. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | A Fishing Success! -- At Fish Lake, Steens Mountain in Southeastern Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
 | Millions of vaccine doses contributed to the success of the worldwide eradication campaign. / WHO/Novosti photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | "Marine Corps Leathernecks with the 1st Marine Division in Korea are subject to outdoor advertising of a not particularly persuasive type these days. As enemy positions are overrun, signs such as the ones in this photograph, taken by Marine Corps Combat photographers, are found. It's a new kind of recruiting for the Communist Peoples Volunteer Force -- but Communist recruiting officers reports are strangely silent as to the success of the current campaign." Quoted from the original caption released with this p. Credit: NAVY; photo by Commander, Naval Forces Far East under date of 11 May 1951. Note the Marine's goggles and M-1 carbine.. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Success is failure turned inside out. |
| Success comes in cans, not in can'ts. | |
Benjamin Disraeli | Success is the child of audacity. |
Benjamin Franklin | Applause waits on success. |
| Success has ruined many a man. | |
Frank Sinatra | The best revenge is massive success. |
Frank Tyger-ferbes | Success is often just an idea away. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | Success has always been a great liar. |
Oscar Wilde | Nothing succeeds like success. |
Phaedrus | Success tempts many to their ruin. |
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John Locke | 1690 | And the success of the combat will be unavoidably the same he there describes it: ----- Libertas pauperis haec est: Pulsatus rogat, & pugnis concisus, adorat, Ut liceat paucis cum dentibus inde reverti.* This will always be the event of such an imaginary resistance, where men may not strike again. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Where one of the parties concerned appeals against the joint decision of the two Clearing Offices he shall make a deposit against the costs, which deposit shall only be refunded when the first judgment is modified in favour of the appellant and in proportion to the success he may attain, his opponent in case of such a refund being required to pay an equivalent proportion of the costs and expenses. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Today, in contrast, many Negroes have achieved outstanding success in the arts and sciences as well as in the business and professional world. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They took it for a success. |
Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | He wonders if perhaps Sick Boy's success with women is based on his ability to raise one eyebrow. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | There is a failure here that topples all our success. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | This was my sincere endeavor in those many discourses I had with that mighty monarch, although it unfortunately failed of success. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I desire to speak impartially on this point, and as one not interested in the success or failure of the present economical and social arrangements. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Has had success with your condition. (references) | |
These procedures have had limited success. (references) | ||
Many surgical options have high rates of success. (references) | ||
Business | Telemedicine is an area that is experiencing success. (references) | |
The Greek cellular telephony market is a huge success story. (references) | ||
Affordability is key for the success of FGD systems in China. (references) | ||
Children | Cote d'Ivoire | NGO centers are more flexible and individualized in their approach and have had more success with the children. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Croatia | Similarly the Jewish community has had only partial success in recovering its properties. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | The Democratic Republican Front (FDR) has been seeking recognition since 1995 without success. (references) | |
Economic History | Botswana | Botswana is a true African success story. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Packaging and labeling are vital to success. (references) | |
Canada | Franchises have enjoyed exceptional success here. (references) | |
Human Rights | Jamaica | A night court has had some success in reducing the backlog of cases. (references) |
Tajikistan | The families of the six individuals continued to seek their whereabouts without success. (references) | |
Seychelles | Several persons have brought civil cases against the police for unlawful arrest or entry, with limited success. (references) | |
Minorities | Nicaragua | Most citizens are of mixed background, and ethnicity is not a barrier to political or economic success. (references) |
Argentina | Since its implementation, this measure reportedly has had considerable success in reducing discriminatory acts and behavior at soccer matches. (references) | |
Czech Republic | Romani leaders themselves have had limited success in organizing their local communities, which often are disunited and where many are reluctant to foster contacts with the majority. (references) | |
Political Economy | INDONESIA | So far these efforts have had limited success but the trend is worrisome. (references) |
Somalia | Somaliland has sought international recognition since 1991 without success. (references) | |
Pakistan | Musharraf, however, has had only limited success in implementing his policies thus far. (references) | |
Political Rights | Mali | After local elections in 1998 held to choose council members (who oversee the activities of mayors in the communes and suggest procedures and policies) for the 19 urban communities, the long-awaited rural elections were carried out in May and June 1999. Several opposition parties that had boycotted earlier elections participated in the rural elections with considerable success. (references) |
Indonesia | The MPR was to decide its precise future role and transitional arrangements through further constitutional changes to be considered in 2002. The legislative branch has demonstrated its independence through the DPR's aggressive pursuit of its government oversight function, as well as the MPR's success in first forcing President Wahid to cede more authority over daily government management to Vice President Megawati because of perceived inefficiency and inconsistency in the Wahid Administration's implementation of policy. (references) | |
Trade | Indonesia | So far, these efforts have had limited success but the trend is worrisome. (references) |
Travel | Netherlands | These are a prerequisite for exporting success. (references) |
Tanzania | Patience, specificity and flexibility are essential for success. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Above all, it is a society that emphasizes hard work and success. (references) | |
Women | Dominican Republic | Due to the success of this first center, the Government has opened five additional centers. (references) |
Ghana | The CHRAJ and human rights NGO's have mounted a campaign to end this traditional practice, but have met with little success. (references) | |
Cuba | Police obtained early success in their efforts by stationing officers on nearly every major street corner where tourists were present. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Nigeria | There were few statistics available to determine the success of antitrafficking campaigns. (references) |
Romania | NGO's have had some success in providing training for and working with local police forces on trafficking. (references) | |
Togo | The police have had limited success in intercepting victims of trafficking, but prosecution of traffickers was rare. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gail Evans | That every businesswoman needs to know that you are a member of the team, and you need to play that way for your own success and for everybody else's success. And we haven't been doing that. |
James Hewitt | There was shock. There was a huge amount of support. We had just gone through what was meant to be the mother of all battles, and had success. And it was rather nice to be amongst people of your own sort of attitude. |
Mark Shields | Intense Republican tactic is blowing, basically, from the Democrat success in demonizing and villainizing Newt Gingrich, the speaker of the House, making him the face of the Republican Party. |
Marlo Thomas | They're very hard working. They're totally unspoiled. I hadn't been on in a few years and I was surprised after all the hoopla, and all the money they're making, and all that, and all the success that they have, they haven't changed one bit. |
Rudy Giuliani | Terrible mistake. Until you know that you're going to succeed and the level at which you're going to succeed, don't promise mass success. |
Tom Daschle | Well, that may be something we do down the road, but I think at this point there are a lot of other nominations, there are a lot of other pieces of legislation that deserve consideration with far greater prospects for success. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Congress have repeatedly, and not without success, directed their attention to the encouragement of manufactures. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Lewis and Clarke for exploring the river Missouri and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocean has had all the success which could have been expected. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This policy has, however, been coupled with another wholly incompatible with its success. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We are confident of the success of this major venture in world recovery. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Success cannot be forced at a single stroke. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Economic success at home is also the key to success in our international economic policy. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Education, training, and retraining are fundamental to our success as are research and development and productivity. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Our economic success and fiscal discipline now give us an opportunity to lift that burden. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | We're raising the bar, and we expect success. |
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| "Success" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.92% of the time. "Success" is used about 13,389 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.92% | 13,378 | 682 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.05% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13,389 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Prime Success International Group Ltd. | USA | Success Bancshares, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Success, AR (town, FIPS 67550) 2. Success, MO |
Expressions using "success": attain success ♦ be a success ♦ be a success with smb. ♦ brillant success ♦ continued success ♦ crown with success ♦ enormous success ♦ equivocal success ♦ exploit success ♦ glory in one's success ♦ great success ♦ hamper success ♦ hard work is the path to success ♦ have success ♦ jealous of smb.'s success ♦ key to success ♦ lack of success ♦ Lake Success ♦ make a success ♦ make a success of one's life ♦ may success attend you! ♦ mission success ♦ omen of success ♦ outstanding success ♦ overnight success ♦ popular success ♦ quick success ♦ resounding success ♦ riotous success ♦ score a success ♦ secure success ♦ substantial success ♦ success rate ♦ success story ♦ success with the public ♦ the road to success ♦ the secret of success ♦ The Sunfood Diet Success System ♦ undreamed of success ♦ unexpected success ♦ unparalleled success ♦ unprecedented success ♦ vast success ♦ with success ♦ without success. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "success": success-based, success-glutted, success-implants, success-orientated, success-rate, success-related, success-seeking, success-starved, success-story, success-worship. | |
Ending with "success": non-success. | |
Containing "success": critical-success-factor. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | welvaart (prosperity, well-being), sukses (achievement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sukses (advance, eclat, good luck, hit, speed, winner), arritje (accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, arrival, attainment, effort, reach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فوز (gaining, victory, winning), نجاح (go, god speed, hit, prosperity), توفيق (accommodation, approvingly, god speed, luck, reconcile), عمل ناجح, ألقى نجاحا, ظفر (fingernail, nail, unguis, victory, win). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | успех (advancement, do, fortune, hit, progress, purpose, speed, up), сполука (prosperity, speed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 成功 (to succeed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zdar (luck, speed, welfare, well being), úspìch (achievement, killing, result, speed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | succes (achievement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | welstand (prosperity, well-being), voorspoed (prosperity), geluk (happiness, luck, prosperity), bloei (prosperity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sukceso, prospero (prosperity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیروزی (Conquest, Triumph, Victory, Win), موفقیت (Prosperity), نتیجه (Affect, Consequence, Effect, Growth, Harvest, Hatch, Outcome, Outgrwth, Resolution, Rest, Result, Sequel, Upshot), کامیابی (Glee, Good, Palm, Prosperity, Speed), کامرواءی , توفیق . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | onnistuminen, onni (fortune, happiness, luck), myötäkäyminen, menestys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | succès. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erfolg (achievement, conclusion, effect, fruit, hit, joy, outcome, profit, prosperity, prosperousness, result, winner), Gelingen (achievement, be succesful, be successful, flourish, go off, prosper, succeed, successful outcome, thrive, to succeed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιτυχία (flying colors, good job, hit, stardom, successfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "צלח" (luck, prosperity, successfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | siker (go, hit, show). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keberhasilan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | successo (achievement, chanced, happened, hit, occurred, outcome, prosperousness, triumph, win). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 盛況 (prosperity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | 'ット (be a hit, hit, safe hit), そう"う (achievement, armored, bustle, conduct, deportment, document transmission, draft, efficacy, fruition, hatch, hatchway, hurry, manuscript, meanwhile, notes, plain food, rousing, running a wheeled vehicle, simple living, traveling), しょうり (administration of justice, commercial profit, conquest, petty official, rule of law, small profit, triumph, victory, win), ひとはな (a flower), できぐあい (effect, performance, result), できばえ (effect, execution, finishing touches, performance, result, shape and quality of, workmanship), せいきょう (canon of Scripture, Christianity, church and state, Confucianism, co-op store, cooperative association, orthodox church, orthodoxy, powerful, prosperity, religion and politics, sacred teachings), せい"うしゃ (successful man), せい"うり, せい"う (affection, bull's eye, character and conduct, crude, delicate, elaborate, exquisite, hit, immature, mark, point, sexual intercourse, steel manufacture, unpolished, western suburb), "うかく (eligibility, passing), "う (10^38, 1st in rank, 7th in rank, be bent, benefit, body cavity, boorish, box, clause, companion, compare with, daimyo, duke, effect, efficacy, efficiency, entertainment, female phoenix bird, filial piety, first sign of the Chinese calendar, grade A, happiness, head, height, hill, hundred sextillion, hundred undecillion, incense, instep, interest, item, knoll, long ages, lord, luck, main, manuscript, marquis, paragraph, pleasure, prince, proof, public, result, rising ground, same kind, -school, season, sentence, seventh sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, subordinate, such, this, threat, thus, to ask, to be in love, to invite, to request, urgent, verbal pause, version, weather), あたり (hit, nearby, neighborhood, neighbourhood, per ..., reaching the mark, vicinity), サクセス , じょうしゅび (happy result). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 성공 (successful, Triumphing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | speeideilys (fortune, prosperity, well-being), rah (good luck, prosperity;very strong smell, scent or taste), aighar (lucky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | èksito (achievement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uccesssay sukces (achievement), powodzenie (achievement). (various references) sucesso (accomplishment, achievement, happening, hit, prosperity, strike, triumph), prosperidade (bonanza, gain, good, prosperity, speed, weal, wealth, welfare, well-doing). (various references) succes (conquest, draw, go, god speed, hit, Mark, speed, strike), victorie (drubbing, palm, palm tree, triumph, victory, win), reuşitã (go, speed), noroc (a bit luck, a piece of luck, blessing, chance, cheerio, fluke, fortune, god speed, good luck, hap, happiness, hazard, hello, hi, lot, luck, luckiness, more power to you, piece of luck, prosperity, score, star, strike, your health), izbândã (speed, triumph, victory), ispravã (adventure, deed, exploit, feat, stunt, trick). (various references) успех (advance, advancement, big hand, big time, do, eclat, hit, luck, purpose, strides). (various references) tapadh (activity, clever feat, cleverness, strength), piseach (good fortune, luck, prosperity). (various references) uspeh (accomplishment, advance, bomb, notch, run). (various references) acierto (bull's eye, hit, prosperousness, right guess, succeed, verifield), éxito (accomplishment, achievement, bell ringer, hit, outcome, result, triumph, win). (various references) framgång (achievement, hit, joy, luck, prosperity, succeeded, win). (various references) ผู้ประสบผลสำเร็จ, ความสำเร็จ. (various references) sonuç (aftermath, close, conclusion, consequence, consequent, corollary, decision, deduction, denouement, effect, end, event, finding, fruit, harvest, inference, issue, joy, outcome, payoff, produce, product, result, resultant, sequel, show, sum, upshot), sükse (show, splash), baxari (achievement), başarılı kimse (achiever), başarı (accomplishment, achievement, click, deed, effort, feat, go, hit, joy, performance, prosperity, show, smash, speed, stroke, triumph, victory, win). (various references) oс, юow (good luck), ьstьnlik (achievement). (various references) успіх (achievement, advance, advancement, big time, career, hit, luck, prosperity), процвітання (bonanza, prosperity, thrift, wealth), добробут (commonweal, health, weal, welfare). (various references) sự thắng lợi người th nh công, sự th nh công (do, godspeed, making, prosperity). (various references) llwyddiant (achievement), llwydd (prosperity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | eventu, eventum, eventus, frux, laureola, laurus, profectu, profectum, profectus, profectusque, prosperitas, prosperitatem, prosperitatis, proventum, successu, successum, successus. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | vogue. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Joshua Chapter 1, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ouk aposthsetai h bibloV tou nomou toutou ek tou stomatoV sou kai melethseiV en autw hmeraV kai nuktoV ina sunhV poiein panta ta gegrammena tote euodwqhsh kai euodwseiV taV odouV sou kai tote sunhseiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non recedat volumen legis huius de ore tuo sed meditaberis in eo diebus ac noctibus ut custodias et facias omnia quae scripta sunt in eo tunc diriges viam tuam et intelleges eam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The volym of this law goo not awey fro thi mouth, but thow shalt deuowtly think in it days and nyytis, that thow kepe and do alle thingis that ben wryten in it; thanne thow shalt make redi thi weie, and vnderstoond it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Joshua Chapter 1, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ayaw pag-ibulag kining basahon sa Kasugalan sa imong baba; hinonoa magpalandung ka niana sa adlaw ug sa gabii, aron himatngonan mo sa pagbuhat sumala sa tanan nga gisulat dinha: kay sa ingon niana ikaw magmauswagon sa imong panaw, ug unya makab-ut mo ang kauswagan. |
| Croatian | Neka knjiga Zakona bude na ustima tvojim: razmišljaj o njoj danju i noæu, kako bi vjerno držao sve što je u njoj napisano: samo æeš tada biti sretan i uspjet æeš u pothvatima. Nisam li ti zapovjedio: |
| Danish | Denne Lovbog skal ikke vige fra din Mund, og du skal grunde over den Dag og Nat, for at du omhyggeligt kan handle efter alt, hvad der står skrevet i den; thi da vil det gå dig vel i al din Færd, og Lykken vil følge dig. |
| Dutch | Dat het boek dezer wet niet wijke van uw mond, maar overleg het dag en nacht, opdat gij waarneemt te doen naar alles, wat daarin geschreven is; want alsdan zult gij uw wegen voorspoedig maken, en alsdan zult gij verstandelijk handelen. |
| Finnish | Älköön tämä lain kirja sinun suustasi poistuko, vaan tutkiskele sitä päivät ja yöt, että tarkoin noudattaisit kaikkea, mitä siihen on kirjoitettu, sillä silloin sinä onnistut teilläsi ja silloin sinä menestyt. |
| French | Que ce livre de la loi ne s`éloigne point de ta bouche; médite-le jour et nuit, pour agir fidèlement selon tout ce qui y est écrit; car c`est alors que tu auras du succès dans tes entreprises, c`est alors que tu réussiras. |
| German | Und laß dieses Buch des Gesetzes nicht von deinem Munde kommen, sondern betrachte es Tag und Nacht, auf daß du haltest und tust allerdinge nach dem, was darin geschrieben steht. Alsdann wird es dir gelingen in allem, was du tust, und wirst weise handeln können. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Buku hukum itu harus selalu kaubacakan kepada umat-Ku. Pelajarilah buku itu siang dan malam, supaya selalu kau melaksanakan semua yang tertulis di dalamnya. Kalau kau melakukan semuanya itu, hidupmu akan makmur dan berhasil. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Janganlah isi kitab taurat ini lalu dari pada mulutmu, melainkan perhatikanlah dia pada siang dan malam, supaya dengan yakin engkau melakukan dirimu setuju dengan segala yang tersebut di dalamnya, karena begitu engkau akan memperuntungkan segala jalanmu dan begitu engkau akan menjadi bijaksana. |
| Italian | Non si allontani dalla tua bocca il libro di questa legge, ma mèditalo giorno e notte, perché tu cerchi di agire secondo quanto vi è scritto; poiché allora tu porterai a buon fine le tue imprese e avrai successo. |
| Maori | Kei whakarerea e tou waha tenei pukapuka o te ture; engari kia u ou whakaaro ki reira i te ao, i te po, kia mau ai koe ki te mahi i nga mea katoa kua oti te tuhi ki reira: ma reira ka whai wahi ai koe i tou huarahi, ma reira hoki koe ka kake ai. |
| Norwegian | Denne lovens bok skal ikke vike fra din munn, men du skal grunde på den dag og natt, så du akter vel på å gjøre efter alt det som står skrevet i den; da skal du ha lykke på dine veier, og da skal du gå viselig frem. |
| Portuguese | Não se aparte da tua boca o livro desta lei, antes medita nele dia e noite, para que tenhas cuidado de fazer conforme tudo quanto nele está escrito; porque então farás prosperar o teu caminho, e serás bem sucedido. |
| Rumanian | Cartea aceasta a legii sq nu se depqrteze de gura ta; cugetq asupra ei zi wi noapte, cqutknd sq faci tot ce este scris kn ea; cqci atunci vei izbkndi kn toate lucrqrile tale, wi atunci vei lucra cu knyelepciune. |
| Russian | дБ ОЕ ПФИП"ЙФ УЙС ЛОЙЗБ ЪБЛПОБ ПФ ХУФ ФЧПЙИ; ОП ПХЮБКУС Ч ОЕК "ЕОШ Й ОПЮШ, "Б'Щ Ч ФПЮОПУФЙ ЙУ ПМОСФШ ЧУЕ, ЮФП Ч ОЕК ОБ ЙУБОП: ФПЗ"Б ФЩ 'Х"ЕЫШ ХУ ЕЫЕО Ч ХФСИ ФЧПЙИ Й 'Х"ЕЫШ ПУФХ БФШ 'МБЗПТБЪХНОП. |
| Spanish | Nunca se aparte de tu boca este libro de la Ley; más bien, medita en él de día y de noche, para que guardes y cumplas todo lo que está escrito en él. Así tendrás éxito, y todo te saldrá bien. |
| Swedish | Låt icke denna lagbok vara skild från din mun; tänk på den både dag och natt, så att du i alla stycken håller det som är skrivet i den och gör därefter; ty då skola dina vägar vara lyckosamma, och då skall du hava framgång. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "success": successes, successful, successfully, successfulness, successfulnesses, succession, successional, successionally, successions, successive, successively, successiveness, successivenesses, successor, successors. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "success": nonsuccess, unsuccess. (additional references) | |
Words containing "success": nonsuccesses, unsuccesses, unsuccessful, unsuccessfully. (additional references) | |
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"Success" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sccs, seccess, Sexcess, siccus, succeds, succees, succes, succsess, Succus, suces, sucess, sucses, sucsess, surcess. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "success" (pronounced sukse"s) |
| 3 | -s e" s | assess, obsess, reassess, recess. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-s-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: cusecs, cusses. | |
-2 letters: cusec. | |
-3 letters: cess, cues, cuss, ecus, secs, sues, suss, uses. | |
-4 letters: cue, ecu, ess, sec, sue, use. | |
-5 letters: es, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-s-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: cuscuses. | |
+2 letters: caucusses, concusses, successes, successor, succussed, succusses, unsuccess. | |
+3 letters: couscouses, nonsuccess, successful, succession, successive, successors, succubuses. | |
+4 letters: consciouses, subsciences, successions, succotashes, unsuccesses. | |
+5 letters: accursedness, cocksureness, conspectuses, nonsuccesses, successfully, successional, successively, succinctness, unsuccessful. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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