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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 byto ).
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
to come next in order (after someone or something)
to take over an office, post, etc (from a person)
he succeeded to the vice presidency
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- succeedable adjective
- succeeder noun
- ܳˈ岹 adjective
- ܳˈ noun
- ܳˈ徱Բ adverb
- ܳˈ徱Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of succeed1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Not all of Davis’ paintings succeed, which is to be expected of his youthful and experimental focus.
With his Manuel biography, Lewis succeeds magnificently in transporting us into the musician’s world.
It is not known what role, if any, five-time Champions League winner Bale will have at Plymouth should the planned takeover succeed.
What if Israel succeeded in its long term aim of forcing the collapse of the Islamic revolutionary regime in Iran?
“There is that long cultural history that when one person succeeds, everyone is raised up,” Harris said.
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