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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 51Թ Forms
- ܳ··· adjective
- ܳ·· noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of succeed1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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.
Donald Trump announced a sweeping new set of reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, arguing that they would allow the United States to succeed.
It was so fun to watch him succeed, particularly when he pitched for his hometown team, the Dodgers, in 2007 and 2009.
These examples make clear that neither the abandonment of workplace DEI initiatives nor the maintenance of them as they exist will result in all employees having what they need to succeed.
"That's really on the opposite side of the spectrum for start-ups, in which the DNA is that we will fail fast and rapidly, and you don't have every start-up succeed."
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