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# success

«success» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **doing what you wanted or tried to do** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (success, uncountable; a success, successes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Success is doing what you wanted or tried to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#m1)

2) A success is something that goes well or works, like a party that is a success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#m2)

3) Success can mean being famous, rich or doing well in life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Samuel, success means that David prospered because "the LORD was with him." Interpretation: Tradition reads David's success as coming from God's help, not only skill. It also stirs Saul's fear and jealousy. In the primary lessons: In school, success comes from effort, practice and learning from mistakes; teachers celebrate each success. In stories, the hero's success comes after many failures. Phrases: «be a success», «a great success», «with success», «the key to success», «success story».

### examples

- And David had great success in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. (Prophets 1SA.18.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x1)
- And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him. (Prophets 1SA.18.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x2)
- And David went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he had good success; and Saul set him over the men of war; and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. (Prophets 1SA.18.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x3)
- The school fair was a huge success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x4)
- Practice is the key to success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x5)
- We celebrated our team's success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x6)
- Her first try was not a success, but the second was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x7)
- The experiment ended in success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x8)
- Success feels good after hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x9)
- The bake sale was a success: we raised 80 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x10)
- In short, the Nightingale was a real success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/#x11)

### note

Spelling: double c, double s: s-u-c-c-e-s-s. Uncountable for the idea («much success»), countable for single events («many successes»). Verb: «succeed»; adjective: «successful». Opposite: «failure». Pronounced suk-SESS.

### In the corpora

- [And David had great success in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.528/)
- [And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.529/)
- [Being glad for someone's success without hunting for a catch is part of being a good neighbour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/19/)
- ["Deferred success" is a joking UK phrase for failure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/9/)
- [Being happy for someone else's success is a skill that gets easier with practice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «success» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/success/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.