success
n. C / Un. the achievement of a goal or a good result. You also use this word to describe a person or thing that does very well.
n. the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. It can also refer to a person or thing that achieves desired results or attains wealth and status.
Her new business is a huge success.
After months of hard work, the team celebrated the success of their latest marketing campaign.
The unprecedented success of the novel transformed the obscure writer into a literary sensation, proving that unconventional narratives could still capture a mainstream audience.
Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”). Partly displaced native Old English spēd, whence Modern English speed.
Uncountable when referring to the abstract concept of achievement; countable when referring to a specific person or thing that has triumphed.