succeed
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- succede (dated)
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Verb[edit]
succeed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)
- (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.
- Autumn succeeds summer.
- (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
- The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
- Synonym: take the place of
- (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
- 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.
- (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent.
- 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.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 49
- To support; to prosper; to promote.
- 1697, “(please specify the book number)”, in Virgil; John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
- Succeed my wish and second my design.
- (intransitive) 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 or death of the occupant.
- Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died.
- To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
- To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
- To go under cover.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
- So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king.
- (obsolete, rare) To ensue with an intended consequence or effect.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203:
- Destructive effects […] succeeded the curse.
Synonyms[edit]
- (follow in order): come after; see also Thesaurus:succeed
- (support; prosper; promote): do well, flourish; see also Thesaurus:prosper
Antonyms[edit]
- (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[edit]
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Terms etymologically related to succeed
Translations[edit]
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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