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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. an event that accomplishes its intended purpose;
- Example: "let's call heads a success and tails a failure"
- Example: "the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs"

2. an attainment that is successful;
- Example: "his success in the marathon was unexpected"
- Example: "his new play was a great success"

3. a state of prosperity or fame;
- Example: "he is enjoying great success"
- Example: "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success"

4. a person with a record of successes;
- Example: "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"
- Example: "only winners need apply"
- Example: "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"
[syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Success \Suc*cess"\, n. [L. successus: cf. F. succ[`e]s. See
   Succeed.]
   1. Act of succeeding; succession. [Obs.]
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            Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned
            By due success.                       --Spenser.
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   2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or
      result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or
      bad; the outcome of effort.
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            Men . . . that are like to do that, that is
            committed to them, and to report back again
            faithfully the success.               --Bacon.
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            Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
            The tempter stood.                    --Milton.
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   3. The favorable or prosperous termination of anything
      attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous
      issue.
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            Dream of success and happy victory!   --Shak.
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            Or teach with more success her son
            The vices of the time to shun.        --Waller.
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            Military successes, above all others, elevate the
            minds of a people.                    --Atterbury.
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   4. That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable
      results, as a play or a player. [Colloq.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

success
    n 1: an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; "let's
         call heads a success and tails a failure"; "the election
         was a remarkable success for the Whigs" [ant: failure]
    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" [ant: failure]
    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" [syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder]
       [ant: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful
       person]


The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

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.