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Plural of success

regular plural

The plural of success is successes.

Forms of success

Singularsuccess /səkˈsɛs/
Pluralsuccesses
Countablecountable and uncountable

Successes in a sentence

  • Republicans are launching a new nonprofit group to highlight the legislative successes of its vulnerable incumbents with a $2 million advertising blitz touting the work of five vulnerable GOP senators to protect Medicare.2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN
  • There have been other drugs since reticulose that I became aware of the successes of, some even able to claim "cure," even turning people from HIV-positive to negative.1998, Gavin Dillard, In the Flesh: Undressing for Success, page 141
  • His latest successes have endued him with an aura of invincibility.From the entry aura
  • With her successes, she has truly conquered the committee, all of whose members now defer to her on most issues.From the entry conquer
  • It has chalked up some eye-catching successes in the battle against cyber crime.2025 June 7, Misha Glenny, “Code Red”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1. From the entry NCA

Meaning of success

  1. noun The achievement of one's aim or goal.
  2. noun Financial profitability.
  3. noun One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.

Full definition of success

Questions about the plural of success

What is the plural of success?
The plural of success is successes.
Is success countable?
Success is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: success (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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