success (noun)

  • 81turf — noun 1 grass/lawn ADJECTIVE ▪ green ▪ soft, springy (esp. BrE) ▪ artificial ▪ home ▪ the team s first success of t …

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  • 82chance — noun 1》 a possibility of something happening. 2》 (chances) the probability of something desirable happening. 3》 an opportunity. 4》 the occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious intention or cause: he met his brother by chance. verb 1》 do …

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  • 83dice — noun (plural same) 1》 a small cube with faces bearing from one to six spots, used in games of chance. See also die2.     ↘a game played with dice. 2》 small cubes of food. verb 1》 [often as noun dicing] play or gamble with dice. 2》 [often as… …

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  • 84streak — noun 1》 a long, thin mark of a different substance or colour from its surroundings. 2》 an element of a specified kind in someone s character: a ruthless streak. 3》 a spell of specified success or luck. verb 1》 mark with streaks. 2》 move very fast …

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  • 85failure — noun 1 LACK OF SUCCESS (C, U) a lack of success in achieving or doing something: How can we account for the failure of the League of Nations to achieve peace in Europe? | end/result in failure: Harry s ambitious plans ended in failure. 2… …

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  • 86passport — noun (C) 1 a small official book given by a government to a citizen that proves who that person is and allows them to leave the country and enter other countries 2 a passport to success/romance/a good job etc something that makes success, romance …

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  • 87road — noun 1 (C, U) a specially prepared hard surface for cars, buses, bicycles etc to travel on: a busy road | at the end of the road | up/down/along the road (=further along the road): We live just down the road. | by road (=driving): It takes three… …

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  • 88failure — noun 1) the failure of the escape attempt Syn: lack of success, defeat, collapse, foundering 2) the scheme had been a failure Syn: fiasco, debacle, catastrophe, disaster; informal flop, washout, dead loss …

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  • 89ˈbox ˌoffice — noun [C] 1) the place in a theatre where you buy tickets 2) the number of people who buy tickets for a film or play a box office success/failure[/ex] The play was a huge success at the box office (= a lot of people went to see it).[/ex] …

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  • 90case study — noun 1. a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure • Topics: ↑corporation, ↑corp • Hypernyms: ↑report, ↑study, ↑written report 2. a …

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