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succeed
[ suhk-seed ]
verb (used without object)
- to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result:
Our efforts succeeded.
Antonyms:
- to thrive, prosper, grow, or the like:
Grass will not succeed in this dry soil.
Antonyms:
- to accomplish what is attempted or intended:
We succeeded in our efforts to start the car.
Antonyms:
- to attain success in some popularly recognized form, as wealth or standing:
The class voted him the one most likely to succeed.
Antonyms:
- to follow or replace another by descent, election, appointment, etc. (often followed by to ).
- to come next after something else in an order or series.
verb (used with object)
- to come after and take the place of, as in an office or estate.
- to come next after in an order or series, or in the course of events; follow.
Antonyms:
succeed
/ əˈː /
verb
- intr to accomplish an aim, esp in the manner desired
he succeeded in winning
- intr to happen in the manner desired
the plan succeeded
- intr to acquit oneself satisfactorily or do well, as in a specified field
to succeed in publishing
- whenintr, often foll by to to come next in order (after someone or something)
- whenintr, often foll by to to take over an office, post, etc (from a person)
he succeeded to the vice presidency
- intrusually foll byto to come into possession (of property, etc); inherit
- intr to have a result according to a specified manner
the plan succeeded badly
- intr to devolve upon
the estate succeeded to his son
Derived Forms
- ܳˈ岹, adjective
- ܳˈ, noun
- ܳˈ徱Բ, adverb
- ܳˈ徱Բ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ܳ··· adjective
- ܳ·· noun
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of succeed1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The result has been him succeeding in each phase of the game - the powerplay, middle overs and the death.
The government of Hun Manet has proved just as authoritarian as that of his father Hun Sen, whom he succeeded two years ago, but it is vulnerable.
In the open letter, the Labour MPs said "this government will only succeed if it is able to get a grip on illegal migration".
If Sable succeeds in restarting operations, it would mark a surprising reversal for California’s oil and gas industry in recent years, as climate-focused policies have slowly reduced the state’s production of fossil fuels.
Those lawsuits are still winding their way through the courts, with Citibank seeking to move them to arbitration, which it has succeeded in doing in one federal case.
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