Dictionary entry
Successful
Pronunciation: /səkˈsɛsfʊl/
Pronunciation
/səkˈsɛsfʊl/
Myanmar Meaning
(adj) အောင်မြင်သော
Definition
success /sǝk'ses/ n ၁။ [U] ေအာင္ျမင္မႈ။ အႏိုင္ရျခင္း။ He's hoping to make a success of the business. ❍ The race ended in success for (ie was won by) the Irish horse. ❍ I haven't had much success in finding a job. ၂။ [C] ေအာင္ျမင္သူ။ ေအာင္ျမင္မႈ။ He wasn't a success as a teacher. ❍ Her rapid rise to the top has been one of the film industry's most remarkable success stories. ❏ successful /-fl/ adj ေအာင္ျမင္ေသာ။ a successful business woman/career/plan ❍ My final attempt to fix it was successful. ❏ successfully /-fǝli/ adv ေအာင္ေအာင္ျမင္ျမင္။
Examples
- Thorough preparation will increase your chances of success.
- The school has had a lot of success with its basic literacy programme.
- [success of] : The success of the campaign depends heavily on the work of volunteers.
- [success in (doing) something] : How do you explain their success in reducing violent crime?
- [little/limited/mixed/moderate success] : I’ve had mixed success preparing the dish in the microwave.
- [success rate] : A fertility treatment with a success rate of around 60%
- Our department has had several impressive successes in the past year.
- [a big/great/huge success] : The party was a huge success.
- [make a success of something] : She set up her own business and made a success of it.
- Jorie enjoyed great success with her second book of poems.
- Advertising has played a big part in the restaurant’s success.
- She turned out to be a success at marketing.
- [an overnight success] : The band became an overnight success.