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What does success mean?
Definitions in simple English

success

Success is doing what you plan or want to do. Getting 100% on the test gave him a feeling of success.

success

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose let's call heads a success and tails a failure the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs an attainment that is successful his success in the marathon was unexpected his new play was a great success a state of prosperity or fame he is enjoying great success he does not consider wealth synonymous with success (= achiever, winner) a person with a record of successes his son would never be the achiever that his father was only winners need apply if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success

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Simple sentences

Hard work has brought him success.
If your parents heard of your success, they would be proud of you.
I am very pleased to hear of your success.
I owe my success to him.
I am sure of success.
I owe my success to your help.
Success is always on the side of the persevering.
He owes his success to good luck.
She achieved great success in her business.
I wish you great success.
I honestly think it's better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
It was a huge success.
Success usually requires hard work.
The reason why Mary behaves like this is she's jealous of your success.
I'm certain of your success.
I was glad to hear of your success.
I'm sure of your success.
Your success excites my envy.
Your success will largely depend upon how you will make good use of your opportunity.
Your success depends on whether you pass the STEP examination or not.
Your success is the result of your hard work.
The success resulted from your efforts.
I'm glad to hear of your success.
Money is not a criterion of success.
Diligence is the way to success.
Hard work is the price of success.
I'm sure your efforts will result in success.
I am glad to hear of your success.
Your advice led me to success.

Movie subtitles

Elders of District 9, you have truly honored the Church by your success.
There are HUNDREDS of members of staff whose careers, livelihoods and families depend on the success of this unit.
He just measures success in-in-in concrete terms, which is why Josh, with his career and his family, is totally winning.
I hope this restaurant's a success.
He was having some success.
The grand duchess's ball is a success.
The company's success lasted throughout the winter.
The success of the Tramp made life easier for the girl and himself.
The most frequented places are those offering a bigger chance of success.
You will see, soon he's gonna be overimpressed by this success.
He loves success. He loves to see the shining eyes of the public. Especially the eyes from the beautiful duchess.
That was a big success.
Yeah, one more success like that and I'll sell my body to a medical institute.
I know the party is going to be a great success.
Our paper had to concede his great success, organized, it must be said, by the Arab Office.
This was a success. Now there's not a country in the U.N. that opposes hunting down the cyborgs.
There's even a success story among those you know personally.
He is the success story I alluded to earlier.
The hunt was a great success.
It was a big success.
Your success has intoxicated you.
I have to try to make a success of something that I knew darn well was a failure from the very beginning.
He's leaving her think that he's made an honest success.
I'd think your success of last evening should put you in the very best of spirits.
What a success!
You'd be a great success in London. and I believe you'd love it.
I will definitely come back a success from Sekigahara.
It was a major success.
Yesterday at the Alhambra, the dancer Ma had an exceptional success.
It's a success!
Why, you're a big success, Fannie.
Well, my evening's a social success.
We are all free to join the scramble for power and riches, and to sell our beliefs to buy success.
An old friend whom I've asked to return to the scene of his first success.
Jimmy, if your play was a success we could choose our own background always, couldn't we?
The African sun did not make a success of you.
What a marvelous success!
About. aboutthemedaland your marvelous success.

News and current affairs

We need a breakthrough that is demonstrable, public, clear, and convincing, that can mobilize the public's hearts and minds, and that can demonstrate success.
Success in peacefully removing a tyrant has set in motion a process of national renewal.
These are absolute necessities for democratic success, but they require longer-term development of institutional capacity.
Since Greece's current-account deficit as a share of GDP was three times higher than Ireland's, Greek prices would have to fall by about half to achieve the same kind of success.
The national reservations must be go, and a joint strategy for success must be adopted, including a massive increase in civilian and military aid for Afghanistan, if the country is to be prevented from descending into the same abyss as Iraq.
But they figure prominently in just about every story of success, whether of countries or of leaders.
My hopes for success are buoyed by my ability to call my mother inexpensively and discuss the farm.
The few instances of success occurred in countries that marched to their own drummers--and that are hardly poster children for neoliberalism.
Success depends not on what one or even a handful of countries can do alone, but on what all of us are able to achieve by moving forward together against this common threat.
On the contrary, before the Civil War you could start out splitting rails, light out for the Western Territory, make a success of yourself on the frontier, and wind up as President - if you were named Abraham Lincoln.
The Bush administration proclaimed a national security policy that insists that America provides the only sustainable model for national success, and asserted its right to engage in unilateral, preemptive military strikes.
After all, the very success of that attack meant that such limited intervention could never be repeated, because would-be proliferators learned to bury, hide, or duplicate their nascent weapons programs.
It is too early to count on success in engaging the US on climate change.
For the Alliance of Civilizations to have any chance of success, the emphasis must be on reciprocity.
SANTA BARBARA - The Chinese government's campaign to have its currency, the renminbi, included in the International Monetary Fund's reserve asset appears to be on the brink of success.
Yet Uganda is also a success story.
Moreover, secular spiritual leaders like Gandhi, Schweitzer, and King have vanished, annihilated it seems by our new fetishes--success, expediency, gain, and special interests.
Israel can serve as an example to others striving to reach economic prosperity and social freedom, because its success is due to the fact that the country had absolutely nothing at the start.
Together, in peace with our neighbors, we can create a region of hope, development, and success.
With the larger part of the outstanding stock in friendly hands, and institutional bondholders pressed to liquidate their positions in the midst of the post-Lehman Brothers selloff, the operation was a success.
Indeed, the success of the European Union and of the euro since its launch in 1999 has made a strong impression in Africa.
The condition for success in the American case was that the US raised its own revenue, with federally administered customs houses initially providing the bulk of its receipts.
Park's success will depend, in the end, on the effectiveness of her campaign in further defining her character along those lines.
The success that US President George W. Bush and his special envoy, former Secretary of State James Baker, had in getting Iraq's foreign debts canceled or rescheduled shows what can be done when a policy is backed by political will.
Yet, despite this good news, the continent's politics have turned upside down, calling into question whether economic success can be sustained.

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