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- pronunciation:
- s
 k
ses
- features:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a person or thing that does or goes well.
Her book was a huge success, selling millions of copies.- synonyms:
- smash
- antonyms:
- dud, failure, flop
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| definition 2: |
the reaching of something desired or intended.
After years of trying to find a good job, he finally had success.- synonyms:
- accomplishment, achievement, triumph
- antonyms:
- failure
- similar words:
- good, luck, victory
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| definition 3: |
having become rich or famous.
Her success made her a snob.- synonyms:
- prosperity, riches, wealth
- antonyms:
- failure, poverty, ruin
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| related words: |
accomplishment, hit, welfare, well-being, win |
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The word success
contains the following parts:
suc-
Latin
prefix
that means under, below
  More about this word part:
The prefix suc-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of sub- used before roots beginning with "c," such as "ced, ces, -ceed, -cede, -cess." See sub-.
Example words:
ced, ces, -ceed, -cede, -cess
Latin
root
that means to go; to go back or yield
Example words:
access, accessible, antecedent, concede, exceed, excess, precede, precedent, procedure, proceed, process, procession, recede, secede, succeed, success
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