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{
"term": "successful",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "achieving your aims or what was intended",
"sensetop": "successful in somethingsuccessful in somethingsuccessful at somethingsuccessful at doing something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The experiment was entirely successful."
},
{
"text": "We congratulated them on the successful completion of the project."
},
{
"text": "He's always been **highly successful** in his work.",
"contextForm": "successful in something"
},
{
"text": "They were successful in winning the contract.",
"contextForm": "successful in something"
},
{
"text": "No one can be successful at everything.",
"contextForm": "successful at something"
},
{
"text": "I wasn't very successful at keeping the news secret.",
"contextForm": "successful at doing something"
},
{
"text": "The alliance was ultimately successful in getting its message across."
},
{
"text": "The operation was only partially successful."
},
{
"text": "Their attempts had not been entirely successful."
},
{
"text": "We hope the party will be successful in the elections."
},
{
"text": "Winning is the only way they can feel successful."
},
{
"text": "She had a phenomenally successful period as manager."
},
{
"text": "He had been successful at every job he had done."
},
{
"text": "The company has been successful in controlling costs."
},
{
"text": "I received a letter saying that my application had been successful."
},
{
"text": "The police became more successful at clearing up crime."
},
{
"text": "The successful candidate will be responsible for a large research project."
},
{
"text": "This is one of the most successful advertising campaigns in recent history."
},
{
"text": "Further tests proved successful."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "appear"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["at", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "having become popular and/or made a lot of money",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The play was very successful on Broadway."
},
{
"text": "a successful actor/businessman"
},
{
"text": "She has had a long and **successful career** in television."
},
{
"text": "The company has had another successful year."
},
{
"text": "What makes a new product successful?"
},
{
"text": "She has appeared in some of the most popular and successful films of the last couple of decades."
},
{
"text": "Successful businesses are built by strong teams."
},
{
"text": "The show was wildly successful."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "appear"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["at", "in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səkˈsesfl/",
"audio": "su/successful/successful__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səkˈsesfl/",
"audio": "su/successful/successful__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}