successful
part of speech
adjective (successful, more successful, most successful)
meaning for a pupil
1) Achieving what you wanted or tried to do. tree →
2) Having done well in life, work or business, often becoming rich or famous. tree →
3) Turning out well; working as planned, like a successful plan or experiment. tree →
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 →
- She was successful in getting into the team. tree →
- The rocket launch was successful. tree →
- He became a successful writer. tree →
- The rescue was successful and everyone was safe. tree →
- The experiment was successful on the third try. tree →
- A successful team works together. tree →
- This time her scheme was successful. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.