Succeed

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To come next in time or succession; follow after another; replace another in an office or a position: She succeeded to the throne.
  • verb-intransitive. To accomplish something desired or intended: "Success is counted sweetest/By those who ne'er succeed” ( Emily Dickinson).
  • verb-intransitive. Obsolete To devolve upon a person by way of inheritance.
  • v. To come after in time or order; follow.
  • v. To come after and take the place of. See Synonyms at follow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
  • v. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
  • v. To fall heir to; to inherit.
  • v. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
  • v. To support; to prosper; to promote.
  • v. 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.
  • v. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
  • v. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
  • v. To go under cover.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
  • v. To fall heir to; to inherit.
  • v. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
  • v. To support; to prosper; to promote.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
  • verb-intransitive. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
  • verb-intransitive. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
  • verb-intransitive. To go under cover.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To follow; come after; be subsequent or consequent to.
  • To take the place of; be heir or successor to.
  • To fall heir to; inherit.
  • To prosper; give success to.
  • To follow; be subsequent; come after; come next; come in the place of another or of that which has preceded.
  • To become heir; take the place of one who has died; specifically, to ascend a throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
  • To come down by order of succession; descend; devolve.
  • To arrive at a happy issue; be successful in any endeavor; meet with success; obtain the object desired; accomplish what is attempted or intended.
  • To terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: as, his plan succeeded admirably.
  • To descend.
  • To approach by following.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. attain success or reach a desired goal
  • v. be the successor (of)
  • Antonym
    Verb Form
    succeeded    succeeding    succeeds   
    Cross Reference
    follow   
    Hyponym
    accomplish    nail    achieve    pan out    manage    run    make it    clear    reach    hit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    inherit    follow    pursue    support    prosper    promote    devolve    replace   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide    Bede    Ede    Gilead    Mead    Meade    Read    Reed    Reid    Sinead   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fortieth    heaven-taught    Jared    500th    twenty-fifth    codfish    60th    come-from-behind