successful
US: /səkˈsɛsfəɫ/
UK: /səksˈɛsfəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
successful /sək'sesful/- tính từ
- có kết quả, thành công, thắng lợi, thành đạt
- to be successful: thành công, thắng lợi, thành đạt
- a successful candidate: ứng cử viên trúng cử; thí sinh trúng tuyển
- có kết quả, thành công, thắng lợi, thành đạt
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective1 ~ (in sth / in doing sth)
~ (at sth / at doing sth) achieving your aims or what was intended: They were successful in winning the contract. + I wasn't very successful at keeping the news secret. + We congratulated them on the successful completion of the project.
2 having become popular and/or made a lot of money: The play was very successful on Broadway. + a successful career / actor + The company has had another successful year.
Antonym: UNSUCCESSFUL
successfully adverb: This arrangement has operated successfully for the past six years.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 wealthy, rich, prosperous, fortunate, lucky, flourishing, thriving, prospering, well-to-do, affluent, Colloq loaded, well-heeled, flush, in the money, US well-fixed:
He is a very successful investor.
2 lucrative, booming, profitable, fruitful, moneymaking, remunerative:
The shares they bought proved to be a successful investment. How successful was last year for the company?
3 famous, well-known, famed, celebrated, renowned, eminent; prominent, pre-eminent, popular, leading, top, best-selling:
Constance is one of our most successful poets. That book of mine was also successful.
4 victorious, triumphant; first; winning:
Henry was successful in his bid for the chairmanship. I want to see a successful conclusion to the tour.
Collocation
VERBS
be, prove, seem | become
ADV.
astonishingly, enormously, extremely, highly, hugely, outstandingly, particularly, phenomenally, remarkably, spectacularly, very
his phenomenally successful period as manager
| not entirely
Their attempts had not been entirely successful.
| fairly, moderately, partially, quite, rather, relatively
The operation was only partially successful.
| academically, commercially, politically
a politically successful manoeuvre
PREP.
at
Though a top-rated movie star he has been remarkably successful at keeping his private life private.
| in
hoping their party would be successful in the elections
Concise dictionary
sək'sesfʊladj.
+having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
