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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

/ əˈɛʊ /

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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Derived Forms

  • ܳˈڳܱԱ, noun
  • ܳˈڳܱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ܳ·fܱ· adverb
  • ܳ·fܱ·Ա noun
  • 󲹱-ܳ·fܱ adjective
  • half-ܳ·fܱ· adverb
  • half-ܳ·fܱ·Ա noun
  • ԴDzȴܳ·fܱ adjective
  • nonܳ·fܱ· adverb
  • ȴܳ·fܱ adjective
  • preܳ·fܱ· adverb
  • ܲȴ-ܳ·fܱ adjective
  • quasi-ܳ·fܱ· adverb
  • i·ܳ·fܱ adjective
  • semi·ܳ·fܱ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of successful1

First recorded in 1580–90; success + -ful
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Example Sentences

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A little further down the road, 18-year-old Minh, who did not want to share her last name, told us she was studying to be a lawyer so she could "become successful".

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Trump is already the only president to be impeached twice, and neither attempt led to a successful removal from the Oval Office.

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Kevin O'Leary, a Canadian businessman close to Trump who previously ran for the Conservative leadership, acknowledged it was a successful campaign strategy.

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If the launch is successful, the team is hoping to produce the first maps within six months, and will then continue to gather data for the next five years.

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Conservators working to restore the painting will now likely be in the process of documenting the extent of the damage and researching "historic successful treatments" of Rothko paintings.

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How Do You Spell Successful?

Spelling tips for successful

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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