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# successful

adjective (successful, more successful, most successful)

«successful» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Achieving what you wanted or tried to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#m1)
2. Having done well in life, work or business, often becoming rich or famous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#m2)
3. Turning out well; working as planned, like a successful plan or experiment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#m3)

### In the lessons

At school, a successful experiment gives the result you tested for; a successful learner reaches their goal. In everyday life «successful» praises effort that worked. In stories it marks a happy ending. Phrases: «a successful attempt», «be successful in», «highly successful».

### Examples

- Our cake sale was very successful — we raised £120. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x1)
- She was successful in getting into the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x2)
- The rocket launch was successful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x3)
- He became a successful writer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x4)
- The rescue was successful and everyone was safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x5)
- The experiment was successful on the third try. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x6)
- A successful team works together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x7)
- This time her scheme was successful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/#x8)

### Note

Spelling trap: two «c»s, two «s»s, and one «l» at the end: successful. Opposite: «unsuccessful». Adverb: «successfully». Noun: «success». «Successful» is not the same as «successive» (one after another).

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In the legend of Abraham and Sefer Yetzirah, he looked at the world, studied it, and then his creation worked. In the primary lessons: At school, a successful experiment gives the result you tested for; a successful learner reaches their goal. In everyday life «successful» praises effort that worked. In stories it marks a happy ending. Phrases: «a successful attempt», «be successful in», «highly successful».

### Examples

- "When Abraham our father arose, he looked nnd saw and investigated and observed and engraved and hewed and combin- ed and formed and calculated, and his creation was successful. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successful/#x1)

### Note

Spelling trap: two «c»s, two «s»s, and one «l» at the end: successful. Opposite: «unsuccessful». Adverb: «successfully». Noun: «success». «Successful» is not the same as «successive» (one after another).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «successful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«successful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/successful.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «successful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«successful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/successful.html) on Mova free.