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Sign in to savethumb|A Nigerian man receives the [[smallpox vaccine in February 1969, as part of a global program that successfully eradicated the disease from the human population.]] Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a success what another person considers a failure, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation m
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Success is the state of meeting a defined range of expectations, and what counts as success can vary depending on the context and who is judging it. It matters because it represents the achievement of goals—like the global smallpox vaccination program that successfully eliminated the disease—rather than failure, though different people may define success differently based on their own beliefs and circumstances.
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- In American culture
- In biology
- In education
- In business and leadership
- In philosophy of science
- In probability
- Dissatisfaction with success
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thumb|A Nigerian man receives the [[smallpox vaccine in February 1969, as part of a global program that successfully eradicated the disease from the human population.]] Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a success what another person considers a failure, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation may be differently viewed by distinct observers or participants, such that a situation that one considers to be a success, another might consider to be a failure, a qualified success or a neutral situation. For example, a film that is a commercial failure or even a box-office bomb can go on to receive a cult following, with the initial lack of commercial success even lending a cachet of subcultural coolness.
It may also be difficult or impossible to ascertain whether a situation meets criteria for success or failure due to ambiguous or ill-defined definition of those criteria. Finding useful and effective criteria, or heuristics, to judge the failure or success of a situation may itself be a significant task.