"success story" meaning in English

See success story in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: success stories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} success story (plural success stories)
  1. Anecdotal evidence for the benefits of some product or policy. Translations (anecdotal evidence): 成功案例 (chénggōng ànlì) (Chinese Mandarin), succesverhaal [neuter] (Dutch), edulugu (Estonian), menestystarina (Finnish), Erfolgsgeschichte [feminine] (German), Erfolgsstory [feminine] (German), sikertörténet (Hungarian), suksesshistorie [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), suksesshistorie [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-success_story-en-noun-w5-YYtiM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'anecdotal evidence': 96 4
  2. A successful person or thing, serving as a model for others. Related terms: short story, cover story, story editor, storybook, success message, success metric, successlessness Translations (successful person or thing): menestystarina (Finnish), success story [feminine] (French), Vorbild [neuter] (German), Vorzeigeperson [neuter] (German), Erfolgsmodell [neuter] (German), Musterbeispiel [neuter] (German), Verkörperung [feminine] (German), sikertörténet (Hungarian), suksesshistorie [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), suksesshistorie [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), başarı hikayesi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-success_story-en-noun-vEEG0B~9 Categories (other): Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'successful person or thing': 2 98

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "success stories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "success story (plural success stories)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You can read about our success stories on our official website.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anecdotal evidence for the benefits of some product or policy."
      ],
      "id": "en-success_story-en-noun-w5-YYtiM",
      "links": [
        [
          "Anecdotal",
          "anecdotal"
        ],
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "product",
          "product"
        ],
        [
          "policy",
          "policy"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chénggōng ànlì",
          "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
          "word": "成功案例"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "succesverhaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
          "word": "edulugu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
          "word": "menestystarina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erfolgsgeschichte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erfolgsstory"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
          "word": "sikertörténet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suksesshistorie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "suksesshistorie"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Challenge yourself and become a success story!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "This program has become a success story.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A successful person or thing, serving as a model for others."
      ],
      "id": "en-success_story-en-noun-vEEG0B~9",
      "links": [
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "word": "short story"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "word": "cover story"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "word": "story editor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "word": "storybook"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "word": "success message"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "word": "success metric"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "word": "successlessness"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "word": "menestystarina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "success story"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Vorbild"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Vorzeigeperson"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Erfolgsmodell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Musterbeispiel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verkörperung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "word": "sikertörténet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suksesshistorie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "suksesshistorie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "successful person or thing",
          "word": "başarı hikayesi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "success story"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "success stories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "success story (plural success stories)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "short story"
    },
    {
      "word": "cover story"
    },
    {
      "word": "story editor"
    },
    {
      "word": "storybook"
    },
    {
      "word": "success message"
    },
    {
      "word": "success metric"
    },
    {
      "word": "successlessness"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You can read about our success stories on our official website.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anecdotal evidence for the benefits of some product or policy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Anecdotal",
          "anecdotal"
        ],
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "product",
          "product"
        ],
        [
          "policy",
          "policy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Challenge yourself and become a success story!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "This program has become a success story.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A successful person or thing, serving as a model for others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénggōng ànlì",
      "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
      "word": "成功案例"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "succesverhaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
      "word": "edulugu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
      "word": "menestystarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erfolgsgeschichte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erfolgsstory"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
      "word": "sikertörténet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suksesshistorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "anecdotal evidence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suksesshistorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "word": "menestystarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "success story"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorbild"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorzeigeperson"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Erfolgsmodell"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Musterbeispiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verkörperung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "word": "sikertörténet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suksesshistorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suksesshistorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "successful person or thing",
      "word": "başarı hikayesi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "success story"
}

Download raw JSONL data for success story meaning in English (4.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.