Meanings
nounsuccess story (plural success stories)
plural success stories
- idiomaticA successful person or thing, serving as a model for others.
This program has become a success story.
1 more example
Challenge yourself and become a success story!
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 成功案例, 成功典範 /成功典范
- 成功案例 (chénggōng ànlì)anecdotal evidence
- 成功典範 /成功典范 (chénggōng diǎnfàn)successful person or thing
Dutch succesverhaal
- succesverhaalanecdotal evidence
Estonian edulugu
- eduluguanecdotal evidence
Finnish menestystarina, menestystarina
- menestystarinaanecdotal evidence
- menestystarinasuccessful person or thing
French success story
- success storysuccessful person or thing
German Erfolgsgeschichte, Erfolgsstory
- Erfolgsgeschichteanecdotal evidence
- Erfolgsstoryanecdotal evidence
- Vorbildsuccessful person or thing
- Vorzeigepersonsuccessful person or thing
- Erfolgsmodellsuccessful person or thing
- Musterbeispielsuccessful person or thing
- Verkörperungsuccessful person or thing
Hungarian sikertörténet, sikertörténet
- sikertörténetanecdotal evidence
- sikertörténetsuccessful person or thing
Norwegian Bokmål suksesshistorie, suksesshistorie
- suksesshistorieanecdotal evidence
- suksesshistoriesuccessful person or thing
Turkish başarı hikayesi
- başarı hikayesisuccessful person or thing
Cite this entry
APA
success story. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/success%20story
MLA
“success story.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/success%20story. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “success story,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/success%20story.
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