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succeeding Definition


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succeed
verb succeeded, succeeding
    intr
    1. To achieve an aim or purpose.
      Example: succeeded in his evil plan
      Thesaurus: make good, win, triumph, prevail, arrive, prosper, thrive; make it (slang); Antonym: fail.
    intr
    2. To develop or turn out as planned.
    intr
    3. To do well in a particular area or field.
      Example: succeeded in getting four A's
      Form: succeed in something (also)
    tr
    4. To come next after something; to follow.
      Thesaurus: postdate, be subsequent to, result from.
    tr & intr
    5. To take up a position, etc, following on from someone else.
      Example: The Queen succeeded her father
      Example: She succeeded to the throne
      Thesaurus: supplant, displace, supersede, replace, become heir to, accede to, inherit, take over from, come into; Antonym: precede.
      Form: succeed to someone (also)
Etymology: 14c: from Latin succedere to go after.



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