success

Achievement of one's aim or goal

EntityQ7632586

Also known as completion · job done

Subclass of: result
, occurrence

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Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a success what another person considers a failure, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation may be differently viewed by distinct observers or participants, such that a situation that one considers to be a success, another might consider to be a failure, a qualified success or a neutral situation. For example, a film that is a commercial failure or even a box-office bomb can go on to receive a cult following, with the initial lack of commercial success even lending a cachet of subcultural coolness.

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Opposite of: failure
Facet of: attempt
Follows: failure nature of statement: sometimes
Has contributing factor: luck
persistence
Hashtag: success

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