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success definition

suc·cess (sək ses′)

noun

  1. Obsolete result; outcome
    1. a favorable or satisfactory outcome or result
    2. something having such an outcome
  3. the gaining of wealth, fame, rank, etc.
  4. a successful person

Etymology: L successus < pp. of succedere: see succeed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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