successful
adjectivecommon in dialogue
- Canada//səkˈsɛs.fəl//
- Canada/[səkˈsɛs.fɫ̩]/
- Australia//səkˈses.fəl//
- Australia/[səkˈses.fɫ̩]/
Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
adjective
- 1
Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…]"share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
“Operation Warp Speed” was a SPECTACULAR SUCCESS, in fact, many say, one of the most successful things ever done by an American President.
Etymology
From success + -ful.
Forms
- comparative
- more successful
- superlative
- most successful
successful · Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
successfully · In a successful manner; with success; without failing.succession · An act, process, or instance of succeeding: An act of…successor · A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding…