succeed
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
succeeds;
succeeded;
succeeding
succeeds;
succeeded;
succeeding
Britannica Dictionary definition of SUCCEED
1
[no object]
a
:
to do what you are trying to do
:
to achieve the correct or desired result
— often + in
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You can succeed where others failed.
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She hopes to succeed [=to do well] at her job.
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He will never succeed in this business. [=he will never be successful in this business]
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Our team succeeded in stopping their offensive momentum.
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She finally succeeded in persuading me to go.
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I tried to apologize but only succeeded in making her angrier. [=all I did was make her angrier when I tried to apologize]
b
:
to happen in the planned or desired way
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The plan just might succeed.
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Their attempt seemed unlikely to succeed.
2
a
[+ object]
:
to come after (something) in a series
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The new model will succeed [=replace] the current one next spring.
b
:
to get a particular job, position, or title after the person who had it before you has retired, died, etc.
[+ object]
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Both of them have ambitions to succeed the prime minister.
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She will succeed him as chair of the committee.
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The Queen died and was succeeded by James I.
[no object]
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James I succeeded to the throne upon the Queen's death in 1603.
nothing succeeds like success
— used to say that one success often results in another success
