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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 (
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)
4. To come next after something; to follow.
- Thesaurus: postdate, be subsequent to, result from.
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)
