succeed
English
Alternative forms
- succede (dated)
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”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səkˈsiːd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːd
- Hyphenation: suc‧ceed
Verb
succeed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)
- To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
- The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
- Autumn succeeds summer.
- To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
- 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.
- (obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
- So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king.
- To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- Destructive effects […] succeeded the curse.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 49
- 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.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- To support; to prosper; to promote.
- Dryden
- Succeed my wish and second my design.
- Dryden
- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (follow in order): come after; see also Thesaurus:succeed
- (support; prosper; promote): do well, flourish; see also Thesaurus:prosper
Antonyms
- (follow in order): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede
- (obtain the object desired; accomplish what is attempted or intended): fail, fall on one's face
- (support; prosper; promote): fail
Derived terms
Terms derived from succeed
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to succeed
Translations
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of
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To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful
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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 descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve
To go under cover
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