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What is the adjective for success?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs succeed and succede which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

successive
  1. Coming one after the other in a series.
  2. Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Selby's second string recorded their third successive win as they dished out a walloping to neighbours Thorpe Willoughby.”
      “The visitors, who have clocked up 77 successive league wins, were given a stern test across all departments.”
      “They are in a strong position this term, however, having clocked up eight successive wins.”
successorial
  1. Of, pertaining to, or subsisting as, a successor; subsequent; supersessive
  2. Examples:
    1. “Private expertise can be unilateral: the client wishes to know the venal value of a property when selling it, buying it or for successorial reasons.”
      “To yet another source of recognition of legitimate successorial authority, in which charisma may be transmitted by ritual means from one bearer to another.”
successful
  1. Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “John was a very successful man who made his fortune selling cellphones.”
      “Miles set out to scale the biggest challenge of his life two years ago, and yesterday he fulfilled his dream and was successful at reaching the top of Mount Everest.”
      “They have a successful business venture in the social media space and are now looking to expand their brand.”
successoral
  1. (chiefly law) Pertaining to a successor or succession.
successless
  1. Without success; unsuccessful.
  2. Examples:
    1. “If it were love, it might be simple, single, successless love on her side alone.”
      “Such was the successless armament of Xerxes described by Herodotus, or the successful expedition of Alexander related by Arrian.”
      “His successless attempt earned him sympathy, condolences, and an occasional good-natured ribbing.”
succeedant
  1. (heraldry) Succeeding one another; following.
successional
  1. Of, related to or caused by succession
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Continue to make fresh beds as formerly directed, and prepare fresh material for successional ones.”
      “Changing habitats that increase edge and maintain early successional habitat benefit the quail.”
      “The landscape contains a mosaic of residential, agricultural, old field successional and forested lands.”
succeeding
  1. Following, next in order.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He displeased the succeeding Emperor Shizong by requesting to retire shortly after the latter ascended the throne.”
      “The gun continues to point farther above the target with each succeeding increment of time.”
succeeded
succeded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of succede
succeding
  1. present participle of succede
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