successful

CEFRA1

/səkˈsɛs.fəl/

adjective

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In plain English

01
adjective
Achieving the desired result or goal.
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adjective
Extra detail
Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .

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If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…]"share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27

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From success + -ful.