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# successful

«successful» in Mova's school dictionary: **Achieving what you wanted or tried to do** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (successful, more successful, most successful)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Achieving what you wanted or tried to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#m1)

2) Having done well in life, work or business, often becoming rich or famous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#m2)

3) Turning out well; working as planned, like a successful plan or experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school, a successful experiment gives the result you tested for; a successful learner reaches their goal. In everyday life «successful» praises effort that worked. In stories it marks a happy ending. Phrases: «a successful attempt», «be successful in», «highly successful».

### examples

- Our cake sale was very successful — we raised £120. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x1)
- She was successful in getting into the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x2)
- The rocket launch was successful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x3)
- He became a successful writer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x4)
- The rescue was successful and everyone was safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x5)
- The experiment was successful on the third try. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x6)
- A successful team works together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x7)
- This time her scheme was successful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: two «c»s, two «s»s, and one «l» at the end: successful. Opposite: «unsuccessful». Adverb: «successfully». Noun: «success». «Successful» is not the same as «successive» (one after another).

### Trees and pragmatics

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