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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.
succeed. ( səkˈsiːd) vb. 1. ( intr) to accomplish an aim, esp in the manner desired: he succeeded in winning. 2. ( intr) to happen in the manner desired: the plan succeeded. 3. ( intr) to acquit oneself satisfactorily or do well, as in a specified field: to succeed in publishing.
When you succeed at something, you reach a goal or do really well. If you practice speaking Arabic every day, you are likely to succeed at becoming fluent in this language. When you succeed, you achieve the result you hope for, but another way to use succeed is to describe taking over a position.
