Definitions of succeed [əkˈsid]

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Definition of 'succeed'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) succeed
to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully:
Our efforts succeeded.

2.  succeed
to thrive, grow, or the like.

3.  succeed
to accomplish what is attempted or intended:
We succeeded in our efforts.

4.  succeed
to attain success in some popularly recognized form, as wealth or standing.

5.  succeed
to follow or replace another by descent, election, etc. (often fol. by to).

6.  succeed
to come next after something else in an order or series.

7. (v.t.) succeed
to come after and take the place of, as in an office.

8.  succeed
to come next after in an order or series, or in the course of events; follow.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME succeden < L succēdere to go (from) under, follow, prosper =suc-suc - +cēdere to go )

Definition of 'succeed'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
attain success or reach a desired goal
"The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

2. (verb) succeed, come after, follow
be the successor (of)
"Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"

Definition of 'succeed'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) succeed
to manage to achieve what you wanted to achieve
He's worked so hard, he's sure to succeed.; Has the government succeeded in reducing unemployment?

2. succeed
to replace sb in a job
Who do you think will succeed him as chairman?

Definition of 'succeed'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) succeed
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. (verb) succeed
to fall heir to; to inherit

3. (verb) succeed
to come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue

4. (verb) succeed
to support; to prosper; to promote

5. (verb) succeed
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

6. (verb) succeed
specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant

7. (verb) succeed
to descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve

8. (verb) succeed
to obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded

9. (verb) succeed
to go under cover

Translation of 'succeed'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.
Afrikaans: slaag	Arabic: يَنْجَح	Bulgarian: успявам
Brazilian: conseguir	Czech: mít úspěch	German: Erfolg haben
Danish: få succes; lykkes	Greek: πετυχαίνω, προκόβω, καταφ	Spanish: conseguir; triunfar, tene
Estonian: edukas olema,õnnestuma	Farsi: از عهده برآمدن	Finnish: onnistua
French: réussir (à)	Hebrew: לְהַצלִיחַ	Hindi: फलीभूत होना
Croatian: uspjeti, poći za rukom	Hungarian: sikerül (vkinek vmi)	Indonesian: berhasil
Icelandic: heppnast, takast	Italian: riuscire, avere successo	Japanese: 成功する
Korean: 성공하다	Lithuanian: pasisekti, pavykti	Latvian: gūt sekmes; sasniegt mērķ
Malay: berjaya	Dutch: slagen	Norwegian: lykkes, klare seg bra
Polish: osiągnąć sukces, odnosić	Persian: از عهده برآمدن	Pashto: له عهدی نه وتل
Portuguese: conseguir	Romanian: a reuşi (să)	Russian: достигнуть цели, добиться
Slovak: mať úspech, podariť sa	Slovenian: uspeti	Serbian: uspeti
Swedish: lyckas, slå väl ut	Thai: สำเร็จ	Turkish: başarmak
Taiwanese: 成功	Ukrainian: досягати мети; мати успіх	Urdu: کامیابی حاصل کرنا
Vietnamese: thành công	Chinese: 成功
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