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success story

noun

Definition of success story

1 : a story of a person who rises to fortune, acclaim, or brilliant achievement
  • In the world of finance, his is a great success story.
2 : someone or something that has achieved a goal
  • I am one of the diet clinic's success stories.
3 : someone or something that has achieved wealth, respect, or fame
  • That company is one of this area's biggest success stories.

Word by Word Definitions

success play

  1. : outcome, result

  2. : degree or measure of succeeding

  3. : favorable or desired outcome

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story play

  1. : history

  2. : history

  3. : an account of incidents or events

  1. : to narrate or describe in story

  2. : to adorn with a story or a scene from history

  1. : the space in a building between two adjacent floor levels or between a floor and the roof

  2. : a set of rooms in such a space

  3. : a unit of measure equal to the height of the story of a building

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