successful

Definition

  • adjective: having the correct or desired result
  • adjective: resulting or terminating in 'success'
  • synonyms: accomplished, affluent, ascendant

Examples

  • Our search was 'successful'. [=we found what we were searching for]

  • a 'successful' movie [=a movie that makes a large profit]

  • We have 'successfully' finished the project.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Was that all? More you have not 'on that? If you want to defeat me, you give more effort! Much more trouble! You did what any successful in reaching] e! You besiegtest the enchanted swords of Demaclus! The other tried already? Oh Yes. How many? Many, My Lord, on them every failed (..)
    2011 The Dragon Warrior
  • (..) and the Jeffersonian Institution's Forensic Division has resulted in over murder convictions, making it one of the most successful collaborations in law enforcement history. In order to better understand the partnership and how it works, I was granted permission (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Movie in the Making Season: 11 Episode 18
  • (..) personnel to occupy Paris! Okay, bad example. It's never been tried . It's been tried . A few guys even came close. You know the three most successful robberies in Vegas? Number three, the bronze medal. Pencil neck grabs a lockbox at the Horseshoe. Grab the guy in the suit! He got two steps closer to the door than anyone before. Leave the money! Second most successful robbery: The Flamingo in ' . This guy actually tasted fresh oxygen... ...before they grabbed him. Of course, he was breathing out ofa hose for the next three weeks. (..)
    2001 Ocean's Eleven