succeed
Meaning of succeed
verb
- To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
Autumn succeeds summer.
- To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
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 fall heir to; to inherit.
So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king.
- To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
- To support; to prosper; to promote.
- 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 descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
- To go under cover.
Information about succeed
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of succeed is: succeeds.
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Hyphenation of succeed
suc-ceed
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- succeed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
succeed synonyms
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Translation of succeed
- Spanish: ganar, conquistar, conseguir, obtener, lograr, alcanzar, suceder
- German: gewinnen
- Italian: affermarsi, riuscire, farcela, succedere
- French: réussir
- Portuguese: lograr
Words that rhyme with succeed
recceed, resucceed, emceed, proceed, reproceed, exceed, superexceed
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