Definitions for succeed
səkˈsidsuc·ceed

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods(verb)

   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. succeed, come after, follow(verb)

   be the successor (of)

   "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. succeed(Verb)

   To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.

2. succeed(Verb)

   To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.

3. succeed(Verb)

   To fall heir to; to inherit.

4. succeed(Verb)

   To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

5. succeed(Verb)

   To support; to prosper; to promote.

6. succeed(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.

7. succeed(Verb)

   Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

8. succeed(Verb)

   To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.

9. succeed(Verb)

   To go under cover.

Origin: From succeder, from succedo

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Succeed(verb)

   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. Succeed(verb)

   to fall heir to; to inherit

3. Succeed(verb)

   to come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue

4. Succeed(verb)

   to support; to prosper; to promote

5. Succeed(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

6. Succeed(verb)

   specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant

7. Succeed(verb)

   to descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve

8. Succeed(verb)

   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. Succeed(verb)

   to go under cover

Origin: [L. succedere, successum; sub under + cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F. succder. See Cede, and cf. Success.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Succeed

   suk-sēd′, v.t. to come after, to follow up or in order: to follow: to take the place of.—v.i. to follow in order: to take the place of: to obtain one's wish or accomplish what is attempted: to end with advantage.—adjs. Succeed′able, capable of success; Succeed′ant (her.), following one another.—ns. Succeed′er, one who succeeds: a successor; Success′, act of succeeding or state of having succeeded: the prosperous termination of anything attempted: one who, or that which, succeeds, a successful person or affair.—adj. Success′ful, resulting in success: having the desired effect or termination: prosperous.—adv. Success′fully.—ns. Success′fulness, state of being successful: success; Succes′sion, act of succeeding or following after: series of persons or things following each other in time or place: series of descendants: race: (agri.) rotation, as of crops: right to take possession: in Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.—adj. Succes′sional, existing in a regular succession or in order.—adv. Succes′sionally.—n. Succes′sionist, one who regards only that priesthood as valid which can be traced in a direct line of succession from the apostles.—adj. Succes′sive, following in succession or in order.—adv. Succes′sively.—n. Succes′siveness.—adj. Success′less, without success: unprosperous.—ns. Succes′sor, one who succeeds or comes after: one who takes the place of another; Succes′sorship.—adj. Succes′sory.—Succession duty, a tax imposed on any succession to property, varying with the degree of relationship.—Apostolical succession (see Apostle). [L. succedĕre—sub, up, cedĕre, to go.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'succeed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4275

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'succeed' in Verbs Frequency: #377

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of succeed in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of succeed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of succeed in a Sentence

1. Jayen Varma:

   Believe and Succeed

2. Mary Kay Ash:

   We fall forward to succeed.

3. Panchatantra:

   Only the Brave succeed in life.

4. Persian Proverb:

   Epigrams succeed where epics fail.

5. Henry David Thoreau:

   Men are born to succeed, not fail.

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