Succeed in English dictionary

  • succeed

    Meanings and definitions of "Succeed"

    • To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
    • To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
    • To fall heir to; to inherit.
    • To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
    • To support; to prosper; to promote.
    • To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
    • Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
    • To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
    • To go under cover.
    • verb
      To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
    • verb
      To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
    • verb
      (obsolete, rare)
      To fall heir to; to inherit.
    • verb
      To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
    • verb
      To support; to prosper; to promote.
    • verb
      To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
    • verb
      To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
    • verb
      To go under cover.
    • manage (to do a job)
    • succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
    • (to) succeed
    • To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of
    • To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful
    • To fall heir to; to inherit
    • To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue
    • To support; to prosper; to promote
    • To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things
    • Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant
    • To attain a desired goal.
    • To be the successor of.
    • verb
      attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
    • verb
      be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"

    Synonyms of "Succeed" in English dictionary

    come after, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods are the top synonyms of "Succeed" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "Succeed" in English dictionary

    fail, precede are the top antonyms of "Succeed" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Succeed

    • succeed ( third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)
    • succeed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)
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