# successful

Pronunciation: say "suhk-SES-ful" /səkˈsɛs.fəl/

## Adjective

1. Achieving the aim that was intended and producing the result that was wanted or planned.
   - Simple: Doing what you set out to do and getting the result you hoped for.
   - _The campaign was highly successful, exceeding every goal the team had set._
   - _A successful negotiation left both sides satisfied with the final agreement._
2. Describes someone who has achieved wealth, fame, popularity or high rank, or a business, product or work that earns money or wins a wide following.
   - Simple: Having become rich, famous, popular or important. A successful business or product makes money or is liked by many.
   - _He left a successful career in banking to become a teacher._
   - _The novel was so successful that it was translated into thirty languages._

## Origin

Formed from "success" combined with the suffix "-ful".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/successful (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).