Going
Going adjective - Having attained a desired end or state of good fortune.
Usage example: our continued partnership with them is a going concern
Successful and going are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Successful" instead an adjective "Going".
Nearby Word: go
Successful
Successful adjective - Having attained a desired end or state of good fortune.
Usage example: the play had a successful run on Broadway
Going and successful are semantically related. You can use "Going" instead an adjective "Successful".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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You're probably going to be a very successful person in computers, but you're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd.
Source: Film / The Social Network -
Out of universe, its a partial conlang created by Diane Duane (originally she was going to do a Romulan dictionary to match the old Klingon one, but that project wasn't successful).
Source: Literature / Rihannsu -
That's not even going into the alternate history aspect of of the German campaign, which ends with the successful invasion of Britain.
Source: Video Game / Empire Earth
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