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Definition of Succeed
1. Verb. Attain success or reach a desired goal. "The business is going to succeed "; "She struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
Specialized synonyms: Hit, Bring Off, Carry Off, Manage, Negociate, Pull Off, Clear, Pass, Hit The Jackpot, Luck Out, Nail, Nail Down, Peg, Make It, Pass, Run, Act, Work, Pan Out, Accomplish, Achieve, Attain, Reach, Arrive, Get In, Go Far, Make It
Entails: Assay, Attempt, Essay, Seek, Try
Antonyms: Fail
Derivative terms: Succeeder, Winner
2. Verb. Be the successor (of). "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
Specialized synonyms: Accede, Enter, Replace, Supercede, Supersede, Supervene Upon, Supplant
Antonyms: Precede
Derivative terms: Succession, Succession, Successive, Successor, Successor, Successor
Definition of Succeed
1. v. t. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
2. v. i. 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.
Definition of Succeed
1. Verb. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of. ¹
2. Verb. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful. ¹
3. Verb. To fall heir to; to inherit. ¹
4. Verb. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. ¹
5. Verb. To support; to prosper; to promote. ¹
6. Verb. 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. ¹
7. Verb. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant. ¹
8. Verb. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. ¹
9. Verb. To go under cover. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Succeed
1. to accomplish something desired or intended [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succeed
Literary usage of Succeed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report (1903)
"12,1889 Robert L. Fryer of Buffalo, to succeed James Mooney March 22, 1893 William
Hamilton of Caledonia, to succeed John Hodge March 22, 1893 George Raines ..."
2. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"But, if your Lordship is not tir'd, I am safe enough. all this while had Augustus
in his eye, had no desire he should seem to succeed by any right of ..."
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