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Nobody just said, 'Here, be a star!' I've joked many times that I was a seven-year overnight success.
Cheryl Ladd

Meaning of "overnight success" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

overnight success  [ˈəʊvəˌnaɪt səkˈsɛs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overnight success is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVERNIGHT SUCCESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overnight success in the English dictionary

The definition of overnight success in the dictionary is something that becomes successful very quickly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERNIGHT SUCCESS


abscess
ˈæbsɛs
access
ˈæksɛs
assess
əˈsɛs
batch-process
ˈbætʃˌprəʊsɛs
cess
sɛs
excess
ɪkˈsɛs
multiaccess
ˌmʌltɪˈæksɛs
obsess
əbˈsɛs
overprocess
ˌəʊvəˈprəʊsɛs
precess
prɪˈsɛs
preprocess
priːˈprəʊsɛs
princess
prɪnˈsɛs
process
ˈprəʊsɛs
reassess
ˌriːəˈsɛs
recess
rɪˈsɛs
reprocess
riːˈprəʊsɛs
subprocess
ˈsʌbˌprəʊsɛs
success
səkˈsɛs
unsuccess
ˌʌnsəkˈsɛs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

overname
overneat
overnet
overnetted
overnetting
overnew
overnice
overnicely
overniceness
overnight
overnight accommodation
overnight bag
overnight stay
overnighter
overnourish
overnutrition
overobvious
overoffice
overoperate
overopinionated

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

assessment process
box-office success
conditional access
deck-access
deferred success
direct access
direct memory access
due process
high-speed downlink packet access
instant access
internet access
Lake Success
learning process
legal process
manufacturing process
nonsuccess
random access
remote access
sequential access
thought process

Synonyms and antonyms of overnight success in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overnight success» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

Find out the translation of overnight success to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overnight success from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overnight success» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一夜成名
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

éxito durante la noche
570 millions of speakers

English

overnight success
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रातोंरात सफलता
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

النجاح بين عشية وضحاها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ночной успех
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sucesso durante a noite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাতারাতি সাফল্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

succès durant la nuit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kejayaan semalaman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blitzerfolg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一夜の成功
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하룻밤 성공
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sukses ing sewengi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thành công qua đêm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரே இரவில் வெற்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रात्रभर यशस्वी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bir gecede başarı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

successo durante la notte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Błyskawiczny sukces
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нічний успіх
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

succes peste noapte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ολονύκτια επιτυχία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oornag sukses
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

succé över en natt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

suksess over natten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overnight success

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERNIGHT SUCCESS»

The term «overnight success» is regularly used and occupies the 78.218 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERNIGHT SUCCESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overnight success

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10 QUOTES WITH «OVERNIGHT SUCCESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overnight success.
1
Criss Angel
It's so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn't have any money, and my only car was mom's Hyundai.
2
Julie Benz
Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success.
3
Eddie Cantor
It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
4
James Daly
People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success.
5
Samuel Goldwyn
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
6
Monty Hall
Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years.
7
Kelly Jones
We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems.
8
Mary Karr
I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.
9
Cheryl Ladd
Nobody just said, 'Here, be a star!' I've joked many times that I was a seven-year overnight success.
10
Ben Lewin
I'm what is known as a 40-year overnight success.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERNIGHT SUCCESS»

Discover the use of overnight success in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overnight success and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Overnight Success: Federal Express and Frederick Smith, Its ...
A look at the founder of Federal Express who envisioned a streamlined fleet of airplanes that could deliver packages overnight
Vance H. Trimble, 1993
2
The Long Road to Overnight Success
From a childhood spent among loving but stage-hungry 'carnies' to an adulthood spent travelling, falling in love, learning to drive every vehicle ever made and generally distracting himself from a serious career path, this is a charming, ...
Shane Jacobson, 2013
3
Instant Millionaires: The Secrets of Overnight Success
The stories in this book are not fables. They are true. In these stories, the hares win." They are a richly varied lot, these happy hares. Gunther opens with a few dazzling millionaire legends, such as the man who invented Monopoly.
Max Gunther, 2010
4
Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky and RICH
PERSIST THROUGH TIME THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS OVERNIGHT SUCCESS The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and UFOs are all things people claim to have seen, but there isn't much evidence they really exist.
Richard St. John, 2006
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Attention! This Book Will Make You Money: How to Use ...
In the excellent ''Overnight Success'' series on his blog, Chris says, ''Overnight success doesn't sleep in. Overnight success doesn't watch a lot of TV. Overnight success doesn't have a lot of hobbies right now.'' He's right. Every single ...
Jim F. Kukral, 2010
6
Positive Thinking as the Key to Success: How Positive ...
In the real world, there is no such thing as overnight success. Even people who appear to have had sudden success really haven't. Whenever they interview singers who seem to come out of nowhere and ask them the secret of their overnight ...
‎2014
7
Sweet Success After Bitter Defeat
Chapter. Six. Don't. Expect. Overnight. Success. "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord" (Psalm 27: 14). Don't expect overnight success, and then you won't be disappointed. God is  ...
Evelyn Murray Drayton, 2007
8
Wallace D. Wattles' The Science of Getting Rich: A ...
We all know how phenomenally successful the game AngryBirds has been, with even the British PrimeMinister claimingtobe addicted. You mayhave assumed that this wasan overnight success created by a small companythat just 'got lucky'.
James Robinson, 2013
9
Advice by John Boggs: Common Sense Stories of Local ...
In my years of adulthood I have discovered, “overnight success” is an oxymoron and not a true definition. Success requires hard work and applied effort. Those who are perceived to have achieved overnight success did not do so through ...
John Boggs, 2009
10
Reality Check: A Common Sense Guide to Breaking Into the ...
His is a remarkable talent that illustrates the possibility that overnight success, and a resulting career, are possible without a hit song—if an eighteen-month ascension to headlining four-hundredcapacity clubs can be called an overnight ...
Matthew Walt, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERNIGHT SUCCESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overnight success is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tesla, Faraday can be electrifying for Nevada's future
... want to accommodate as a leader in high-tech, high-paying and high-impact jobs that will make of Nevada practically an overnight success. «Las Vegas Sun, Jul 15»
2
Interview: Dale Watson 'Lucky in Music' With New Album, Recent …
“it's weird,” Watson tells The Boot with a laugh. “I'm a 20-year overnight success … Just keep doing what you love, and it all seems to work out.”. «The Boot, Jul 15»
3
Leveraged To Fame By Physique, Endowments
He backed up this desire with courage and almost made an overnight success of it. Pawpaw, had always been in a drama group in his church ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
4
The semicolon and you
They didn't expect overnight success. They trudged on, happy for their incremental successes; patient with setbacks. “I'm getting there” was the ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
5
Red Ash prototype footage looks pretty rough
Red Ash hasn't become an overnight success for Comcept. Unlike Mighty No. 9, the project is struggling to meet its $800,000 Kickstarter goal, ... «Destructoid, Jul 15»
6
Rewind Festival 2015: Crowd favourites Go West come to Henley
This overnight success was followed by three further UK top hits - Call Me, Goodbye Girl and Don't Look Down. The English Pop duo have ... «getreading, Jul 15»
7
Félix Auger-Aliassime, at only 14, is Canada's latest tennis phenom
As with most stories of overnight success, Auger-Aliassime's was several years in the making. According to his father Sam, a tennis coach in his ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
8
Hot tickets: Rough start for A Street Light Festival
"Everyone thought we were an overnight success," says Erica Fee, producer of the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. It heads into its ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
9
Failed Tech Startups Fuel Insolvency Firms
... to failed startups is not particularly glamorous work in a business culture that practically worships overnight success. Founders often have to ... «The Recorder, Jul 15»
10
Dunne gives duffers taste of what might be
The 22-year old was not an overnight success. Dunne won the Irish Amateur in 2010 – a championship previously won by the aforementioned ... «St. Thomas Times-Journal, Jul 15»

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