succeed
Verb
Verb Forms: succeeded, succeeding, succeeds
- To achieve a desired goal or intended aim.
- attain success or reach a desired goal
- "The enterprise succeeded"
- "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"
- be the successor (of)
- "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
- To follow something in sequence or time.
- To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
- To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
- 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 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.
- To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
- To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
- To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
- To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
- To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
- To fall heir to; to inherit.
- To go down or near (with to).
- Misconstruction of secede.
Examples
- After a contentious election, Jones succeeded Smith as president of the republic.
- Autumn succeeds summer.
- Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne.
- Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died.
- She succeeded in her efforts to repair the tank.
- So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, the crown (or: property) falls to me.
- The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
- 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.
- To SUCCEED in Scrabble, one must master both vocabulary and strategy.
- voted most likely to succeed
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
bring home the bacon, come after, come through, deliver the goods, follow, win, do well, ensue, flourish, follow on, prosper, succeed, take the place of
Scrabble Score: 12
succeed: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsucceed: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
succeed: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary