successful
//səkˈsɛs.fəl//
Forms
- Comparative
- more successful
- Superlative
- most successful
Definitions
1.Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
- If successful, Edison and Ford, in 1914, would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1241
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From success + -ful.