ADJ
- considerable, conspicuous, enormous, great, notable, overwhelming, phenomenal, remarkable, spectacular, tremendous, unprecedented
- limited, moderate, modest
- The campaign to stop drink-driving had only limited success
- popular, public
- early, initial
- immediate
- long-term, short-term
- business, commercial, economic, financial
- academic, educational, electoral, literary, military, etc.
- international
- The company's excellent marketing has resulted in enormous international success
QUANT
- amount, degree
- Initially, the venture enjoyed a fair amount of success
VERB + SUCCESS
- achieve, enjoy, have, notch up
- She had little success in getting new customers. He is keen to notch up yet another success
- bring
- A change of management failed to bring success
- end in, lead to, result in
- The year-long fight for a pay rise ended in success
- ensure, guarantee
- We can't guarantee immediate success
- be vital to
- Your contribution was vital to the success of the concert
SUCCESS + VERB
- come
- Success didn't come overnight?she struggled for years before making any money
- lie (in sth)
- Much of his success lies in his skill in handling staff
- depend on sth
- The success or failure of the project depends on how committed the managers are
SUCCESS + NOUN
- rate
- The operation has a success rate of over 80%
- story
- The company has been one of the success stories of the past decade
PREP
- without ~
- She tried to persuade them without success
- ~ in
- I've had some success in getting rid of the weeds
- ~ with
- the secret of his success with women
PHRASES
- a chance/hope of success
- What are our chances of success? We're trying to get him to sponsor us, but there's not much hope of success
- confident of success
- She had worked hard and was confident of success
- the key to success, a lack of success, the secret of (sb's) success, a symbol of (sb's) success
ADJ
- big, complete, considerable, conspicuous, enormous, great, huge, major, notable, outstanding, phenomenal, popular, real, remarkable, resounding, roaring, runaway, spectacular, total, tremendous, unprecedented, unqualified
- The band's new album has been a runaway success
- modest, qualified
- business, commercial, economic, popular
- The book proved a major commercial success
- international
- immediate
VERB + SUCCESS
- be, prove
- have
- We had one or two outstanding successes
- judge sth
- The event was judged a success by its organizers
- make
- She's made a real success of that job
PHRASES
- wish sb (every) success
- We are sad to see Hiroko go, and wish her every success in the future