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success

 
 
/səkˈses/ noun

Definition

ACHIEVEMENT [U] when you achieve what you want to achieve: Her success is due to hard work and determination.
GOOD RESULT [C] something that has a good result or that is very popular: His first film was a great success.
(Definition of success noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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