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Added 4 October 2026

success

/səkˈsɛs/ noun

In Latin: successus, fructus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about success at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The achievement of one's aim or goal. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success.
Financial profitability.
Don't let success go to your head.
One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
Scholastically, he was a success.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”).

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