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- Dictionarysucceed/səkˈsiːd/
verb
- 1. achieve the desired aim or result: "keep trying and you will eventually succeed" Similar Opposite
- 2. take over a throne, office, or other position from: "he would succeed Hawke as Prime Minister" Similar Opposite
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to take an official job or position after someone else: He succeeded his father as editor of the paper. When the Queen dies, her eldest son will succeed to the throne. to come after another person or thing in time: In the weeks that succeeded, five more patients showed similar symptoms.
The meaning of SUCCEED is to come next after another in office or position or in possession of an estate; especially : to inherit sovereignty, rank, or title. How to use succeed in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Succeed.
Succeed definition: to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result. See examples of SUCCEED used in a sentence.
To succeed means to achieve the result that you wanted or to perform in a satisfactory way.
[intransitive] to achieve something that you have been trying to do or get; to have the result or effect that was intended. Our plan succeeded. Whether we succeed or fail depends on ingenuity and luck. succeed in doing something He succeeded in getting a place at art school.
The meaning of SUCCESS is degree or measure of succeeding. How to use success in a sentence.
If you succeed, you achieve something that you have been aiming for, and if a plan or piece of work succeeds, it has the results that you wanted: She's been trying to pass her driving test for six years and she's finally succeeded. You need to be pretty tough to succeed in the property world.
