success/səkˈsɛs/EtymologyLearned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”). Partly displaced native Old English spēd, whence Modern English speed.success means A suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.success is pronounced /səkˈsɛs/.nameA suburb of Perth, Western Australia.A town in Clay County, Arkansas.A ghost town in Jasper County, Mississippi.An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.An unincorporated township in Coos County, New Hampshire.An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.nounThe achievement of one's aim or goal.“His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success.”Financial profitability.“Don't let success go to your head.”One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.“Scholastically, he was a success.”The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.“She is country music's most recent success.”Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.“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.”