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countable and uncountable, plural successes
The achievement of one's aim or goal. examples
(business) Financial profitability. examples
One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals. examples
The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame. examples
(obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result. quotations
I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe, others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake.
1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.]