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successful

[ suhk-ses-fuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

successful

/ səkˈsɛsfʊl /

First recorded in 1580–90; success + -ful

Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.

Do those things," he said, "and you'll have half a chance of being successful.

Beyoncé has, for close to a decade now, been a deity in entertainment: untouchable, successful, divine.

Just how many fake nodes would be needed in order to pull off a successful Sybil attack against Tor is not known.

But even interrogating successful proposals leads to unsatisfactory reasoning.

Then, if you gentlemen are successful here, and capture Fulton and Jefferson City, our brightest hopes will be fulfilled.

The result of this mission was eminently successful; a special treaty was drawn up and Spain sold Louisiana to France.

A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.

According to the general verdict, she was equally successful in oils and water-colors.

Not only have its fundamental principles been fully vindicated but in most details the working of the measure has been successful.

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