succeed
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French succeder, from Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”).
Inflected forms:
form: succeeds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: succeeding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: succeeded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: succeeded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: succede
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To follow something in sequence or time.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Autumn succeeds summer.
Destructive effects […] succeeded the curse.
gloss: To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
After a contentious election, Jones succeeded Smith as president of the republic.
gloss: To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin.
gloss: 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).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne.
So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, the crown (or: property) falls to me.
An heir in possession of an entailed estate succeeded to another estate under an entail which required him to denude of one of them. Held that before making his election he could not make up a title to or disentail the second estate.
gloss: 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).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died.
If he succeeded in February, 670, this would be his sixteenth year.
gloss: To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime.
She succeeded in her efforts to repair the tank.
The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.
Risk here refers to the fact that working-class families are less likely to have members who have already attended and succeeded at university, which means that university is perceived as a more uncertain and thus risky proposition.
gloss: To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: voted most likely to succeed
Legumes thrive better on this soil than on any of those derived entirely from acid materials. Applications of lime benefit clover […] Even with artificial drainage, alfalfa will not succeed, as roots cannot penetrate deep enough.
gloss: To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
pos: verb
tags: dated
intransitive
examples: In some parts of Germany it is commonly believed that whatever is undertaken when the moon is on the increase succeeds well [...] whereas business undertaken in the wane of the moon is doomed to failure.
An excellent hospital nurse may succeed poorly in private work, for the executive ability that means so much in the hospital counts for little in caring for a single patient.
gloss: To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Succeed my wish and second my design.
[…] and his Royal Highness, who by their presence and incouragement inspired a new life and vigour into the sinking spirits of the Citizens, whereby God was pleased so far to succeed their endeavours, that a stop was put to the fury[…]
gloss: To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: A paterfamilias could arrange a marriage or emancipate a child without its mother's consent, and if the mother died intestate (possibly because her tutor refused to approve her will) her estate succeeded to her siblings, not to her husband or children, […]
gloss: To fall heir to; to inherit.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
rare
transitive
examples: Else let my brother die, / If not a feodary, but only he / Owe and succeed thy weakness.
(iv) By Transmission of Shares: A person may become a member by registration if he succeeds the estate of a deceased member.
gloss: To go down or near (with to).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
rare
examples: Who, ever as he saw him nigh succeed, / Gan cry aloud with horrible affright, […]
Or will you to the cooler cave succeed, / Whose mouth the curling vines have overspread? […] […] And snakes, familiar, to the hearth succeed, / Disclose their eggs, and near the chimney breed— […] To his rough palate his dry tongue succeeds;
Synonyms: flourish
ensue
follow
follow on
succeed
Antonyms: precede
fail
fall on one's face
fail
Related words: success
succession
successive
deserve
receive
Derived words: if at first you don't succeed, try try again
nothing succeeds like success
resucceed
succedent
succeedable
succeeder
succeedingly
unsucceedable
unsucceeded
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: следвам
roman: sledvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: приемник съм на
roman: priemnik sǎm na
lang: Catalan
word: succeir
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 繼 /继
roman: jì
lang: Dutch
word: opvolgen
lang: Esperanto
word: postveni
lang: Finnish
word: seurata
lang: French
word: succéder
lang: Galician
word: suceder
lang: Galician
word: seguir
lang: German
word: nachfolgen
lang: Greek
word: διαδέχομαι
roman: diadéchomai
lang: Greek
word: ακολουθώ
roman: akolouthó
lang: Ancient Greek
word: διαδέχομαι
roman: diadékhomai
lang: Hungarian
word: követ
lang: Italian
word: succedere
lang: Japanese
word: 継ぐ
roman: tsugu
lang: Japanese
word: 継承する
roman: keishō suru
lang: Latin
word: succedere
lang: Māori
word: taua
lang: Māori
word: whakaekeeke
lang: Māori
word: rīwhi
lang: Polish
word: następować
lang: Portuguese
word: seguir
lang: Romanian
word: succeda
lang: Romanian
word: succede
lang: Slovene
word: naslediti
lang: Slovene
word: slediti
lang: Spanish
word: suceder
lang: Spanish
word: sucesionar
lang: Arabic
word: نَجَحَ
roman: najaḥa
lang: Arabic
word: نجح
roman: nagaḥ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: alınmaq
lang: Bulgarian
word: успявам
roman: uspjavam
lang: Catalan
word: reeixir
lang: Catalan
word: aconseguir
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 成功
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 成功
roman: chénggōng
lang: Czech
word: uspět
lang: Esperanto
word: sukcesi
lang: Finnish
word: menestyä
lang: Finnish
word: onnistua
lang: French
word: réussir
lang: French
word: avoir du succès
lang: Galician
word: conseguir
lang: German
word: erfolgreich sein
lang: German
word: Erfolg haben
lang: German
word: gelingen
lang: German
word: geraten
lang: German
word: erfolgriich sii
lang: German
word: Erfolg haa
lang: German
word: glinge
lang: German
word: grate
lang: Greek
word: επιτυγχάνω
roman: epityncháno
lang: Greek
word: καταφέρνω
roman: kataférno
lang: Greek
word: κατορθώνω
roman: katorthóno
lang: Hebrew
word: הִצְלִיחַ
roman: hitzlíaḥ
lang: Hebrew
word: עָשָׂה חַיִל
roman: 'asá ḥáyil
lang: Hungarian
word: sikerül
lang: Ingrian
word: onnistua
lang: Italian
word: riuscire
lang: Japanese
word: 成功する
roman: seikō-suru
lang: Khmer
word: សម្រេច
roman: sɑmrac
lang: Korean
word: 성공하다
roman: seonggonghada
lang: Central Kurdish
word: سەرکەوتن
roman: serkewtin
lang: Latin
word: succēdō
lang: Latin
word: vigeō
lang: Lü
word: ᦺᦡᧉᦡᦲ
roman: ḋay²ḋii
lang: Māori
word: tutuki
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: thǖshīu
lang: Norman
word: rêussi
lang: Old English
word: spōwan
lang: Oromo
word: milkaa'uu
lang: Polish
word: dać radę
lang: Polish
word: poradzić sobie
lang: Polish
word: udać się (komu? czemu?)
lang: Portuguese
word: ter/obter sucesso/êxito
lang: Portuguese
word: conseguir
lang: Romanian
word: reuși
lang: Russian
word: преуспе́ть
roman: preuspétʹ
lang: Russian
word: достига́ть це́ли
roman: dostigátʹ céli
lang: Russian
word: дости́чь це́ли
roman: dostíčʹ céli
lang: Shan
word: ထိုင်ယိူင်းမၢႆ
roman: thǔeng yóeng mǎai
lang: Slovene
word: uspeti
lang: Spanish
word: conseguir
lang: Spanish
word: tener éxito
lang: Spanish
word: ganar
lang: Spanish
word: lograr
lang: Spanish
word: suceder
lang: Spanish
word: triunfar
lang: Spanish
word: atinar
lang: Spanish
word: arrasar
lang: Spanish
word: vencer
lang: Spanish
word: anotarse un poroto
lang: Spanish
word: petar
lang: Swahili
word: fanikiwa
lang: Swedish
word: lyckas
lang: Thai
word: ประสบความสำเร็จ
lang: Thai
word: ได้ดี
lang: Vietnamese
word: thành công
lang: Welsh
word: llwyddo
lang: Yiddish
word: מצליח זיין
roman: matzliakh zayn
lang: Yiddish
word: געלינגען
roman: gelingen
lang: Yiddish
word: געראָטן
roman: gerotn
lang: Catalan
word: succeir
lang: Finnish
word: paikata
lang: Finnish
word: seurata
lang: Finnish
word: nousta valtaan
lang: Japanese
word: 続く
roman: tsuzuku
lang: Japanese
word: 継承する
roman: keishō suru
lang: Russian
word: наследовать
roman: nasledovatʹ
lang: Russian
word: сменять
roman: smenjatʹ
lang: Slovene
word: naslediti
lang: Spanish
word: suceder