success (noun)

  • 91collaborationist — noun someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force • Syn: ↑collaborator, ↑quisling • Derivationally related forms: ↑collaboration, ↑collaborationism, ↑collaborate (for: ↑collaborator) …

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  • 92common touch — noun the property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them) • Hypernyms: ↑touch, ↑signature * * * noun : the trait or gift of appealing to or arousing the sympathetic interest of the generality …

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  • 93dirty tricks — noun underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑behavior, ↑behaviour, ↑conduct, ↑doings * * * dirty trickery …

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  • 94first base — noun 1. the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball • Hypernyms: ↑base, ↑bag 2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home …

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  • 95flood tide — noun 1. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding the climax of the artist s career in the flood tide of his success • Syn: ↑climax • Derivationally related forms: ↑climactic (for: ↑ …

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  • 96highroad — noun a highway (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑trunk road • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑ …

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  • 97patron saint — noun a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑defender, ↑guardian, ↑protector, ↑shielder, ↑saint • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Santa Claus, ↑ …

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  • 98qualifying — noun 1. the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase • Syn: ↑modification, ↑limiting • Derivationally related forms: ↑qualify, ↑modify (for: ↑modification) …

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  • 99ten-strike — noun a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame • Syn: ↑strike • Hypernyms: ↑score * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a strike in tenpins …

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  • 100first family — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized both Fs 1. : a family of high social rank or pretensions especially due to descent from the first settlers of a place those few inhabitants of Boston who regard themselves as the … end all American civilization… …

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