how to pronounce success

/səkˈsɛs/

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success is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of success in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… on their path to success i know that the …”

meaning of success

Success means the achievement of a desired goal or the favorable outcome of a course of action.

success frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word success occurs in english on average 100.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics success can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that success can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;