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Successful Səkˈsesfl Winning Project Play Broadway Company Adjective

Word successful
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / səkˈsesfl / NAmE / səkˈsesfl /
Example
  • they were successful in winning the contract.
  • i wasn't very successful at keeping the news secret.
  • we congratulated them on the successful completion of the project.
  • the play was very successful on broadway.
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successful

(adjective)BrE / səkˈsesfl / NAmE / səkˈsesfl /
  1. achieving your aims or what was intended
    • They were successful in winning the contract.
    • I wasn't very successful at keeping the news secret.
    • We congratulated them on the successful completion of the project.
  2. having become popular and/or made a lot of money
    • opposite unsuccessful
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/unsuccessful
    • The play was very successful on Broadway.
    • a successful actor
    • The company has had another successful year.
    • The play was very successful on Broadway.
    • The company has had another successful year.
    • a highly profitable business
    • The movie was not a commercial success (= made no profit).
    • They do a lot of business in lucrative overseas markets.
    • Small local shops stop being economic when a supermarket opens up nearby.

    Extra Examples

    • The alliance was ultimately successful in getting its message across.
    • The operation was only partially successful.
    • Their attempts had not been entirely successful.
    • We hope the party will be successful in the elections.
    • Winning is the only way they can feel successful.
    • a politically successful manoeuvre
    • his phenomenally successful period as manager
    • hoping their party would be successful in the elections
    • He had a phenomenally successful period as manager.
    • He had been successful at every job he had done.
    • She has had a long and successful career in television.
    • The company has been successful in controlling costs.
    • The experiment was entirely successful.
    • The police became more successful at clearing up crime.
    • The successful candidate will be responsible for a large research project.
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