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success noun [ səkˈsɛs ]

• the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.
• "there is a thin line between success and failure"
Similar: favourable outcome, successfulness, favourable result, successful outcome, positive result, victory, triumph,
Opposite: failure,
• the good or bad outcome of an undertaking.
• "the good or ill success of their maritime enterprises"
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin successus, from the verb succedere ‘come close after’ (see succeed).


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