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English

rank|lower|lead|wouldn't|904|success|instance|sake|justice

Etymology
From L. successus, from verb succedere.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-success.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. the achievement of one's aim or goal.

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

1. business financial profitability.
2. a person who achieves his or her goals.

#:Scholastically, he was a success.

Derived terms
successful
successfully

Translations
trans-top|achievement of one's aim or goal
Czech: t-|cs|úsp�ch|m, t-|cs|zdar|m
Finnish: t+|fi|menestys, t-|fi|onnistuminen
Japanese: Jpan|�� (Jpan|����, seik�)
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Kurdish:

Russian: t+|ru|��пе�|m|truspé�|scCyrl, t+|ru|�да�а|m|trudá�a|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|uspeh|m
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trans-top|(business) financial profitability
Finnish: menestys, voitollisuus
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Russian: ��пе� (uspé�) m, благо�о��о�ние (blagosostojánije) n
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trans-top|a person who achieves his or her goals
Finnish: menestyjä
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Kurdish:

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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|�جاح unicode|(najá:ħ)
ttbc|Chinese: �� (chéngg�ng)
ttbc|Dutch: succes
ttbc|French: succès m
ttbc|German: Erfolg m (1,2)
ttbc|Hebrew: �צ��� (hatzlakhah) f
ttbc|Hindi: �ामयाब�
ttbc|Hungarian: siker m
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ttbc|Italian: successo m (1,2)
ttbc|Korean: �공 (seonggong)
ttbc|Portuguese: sucesso m
ttbc|Polish: sukces m
ttbc|Spanish: éxito m
ttbc|Swedish: framgång
ttbc|Telugu: సఫలమ� (saphalamu)
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Antonyms
failure

Category:Positive words

de:success
el:success
es:success
fr:success
ko:success
io:success
it:success
hu:success
ja:success
pl:success
pt:success
simple:success
fi:success
ta:success
te:success
vi:success

• 2007-12-21 23:55 - Tbot - added t for fi, ru, sl

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