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 →

2) A success is something that goes well or works, like a party that is a success. tree →

3) Success can mean being famous, rich or doing well in life. tree →

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 →
• Practice is the key to success. tree →
• We celebrated our team's success. tree →
• Her first try was not a success, but the second was. tree →
• The experiment ended in success. tree →
• Success feels good after hard work. tree →
• The bake sale was a success: we raised 80 dollars. tree →
• In short, the Nightingale was a real success. tree →

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.
• "Deferred success" is a joking UK phrase for failure.
• Being happy for someone else's success is a skill that gets easier with practice.
• Someone else's success does not take anything away from you.
• And David had great success in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «success» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.