succeed
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Latin succedere
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- Rhymes: -iːd
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to 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.
- 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; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
- 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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- (obtain the object desired; accomplish what is attempted or intended): fail, fall on one's face
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[edit] Translations
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of
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 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 go under cover
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