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# success

«success» in Mova's school 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/school/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/school/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/school/S/success/#m3)

### sense in the 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

- The school fair was a huge success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/success/#x1)
- Practice is the key to success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/success/#x2)
- We celebrated our team's success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/success/#x3)
- Her first try was not a success, but the second was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/success/#x4)
- The experiment ended in success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/success/#x5)
- Success feels good after hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/success/#x6)
- The bake sale was a success: we raised 80 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/success/#x7)
- In short, the Nightingale was a real success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/success/#x8)

### 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

- [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/)
- [Someone else's success does not take anything away from you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/16/)
- [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/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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