success

/səkˈses/ noun

Translation

ACHIEVEMENT [U] › when you achieve what you want to achieve

başarı, muvaffakiyet

Her success is due to hard work and determination.1853

GOOD RESULT [C] › something that has a good result or that is very popular

başarı, temayüz, popülerlik

His first film was a great success.1853

(Definition of success noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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