# succeed

Pronunciation: say "suhk-SEED" /səkˈsiːd/

## Verb

1. To prevail in obtaining an intended objective; to prosper as the result of a particular effort.
   - Simple: To reach a goal or do what you set out to do after trying hard.
   - _The team succeeded in launching the satellite ahead of schedule._
   - _Few startups succeed without a clear plan and steady funding._
2. To thrive or achieve favorable results, whether in a particular venture or in life generally.
   - Simple: To do well and get good results in life or work.
   - _Graduates who build wide networks tend to succeed in their careers._
   - _The firm succeeded despite a difficult economy._
3. To replace or take over from someone in an office, position, or title.
   - Simple: To take over a job, position, or title from the person who held it before.
   - _He succeeded his father as chairman of the family firm._
   - _The deputy is widely expected to succeed the retiring director._
4. To come next after something in time or order, or to follow on as a consequence; often used with to.
   - Simple: To come right after something else in time or order.
   - _A period of mourning succeeded, and the whole town fell silent._
   - _Brighter moods often succeed to spells of gloom._
5. To come next in the usual or prescribed course of things, and so to come next in possession of something, often with to.
   - Simple: To come next in the natural order, or to come next in owning something.
   - _He succeeded to a large fortune when his grandfather died._
   - _Daughters could at last succeed to the family property under the new law._
6. To become the reigning monarch when the previous ruler dies, abdicates, or is deposed.
   - Simple: To become the new king or queen after the last one dies or steps down.
   - _Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1952 after her father's death._
   - _By tradition, the eldest child would succeed upon the monarch's death._
7. To follow something else in sequence or time, coming directly after it.
   - Simple: To come right after something else in a fixed order or sequence.
   - _A tense silence succeeded his angry outburst._
   - _Numbered chapters succeed one another in strict order._
8. To support something and cause it to prosper; to promote it or give it success.
   - Simple: To help something go well and bring it good results.
9. To descend within the same family, as an estate or heirloom does; to devolve, often with to.
   - Simple: To pass down to the next person in the same family, like land or a title.
   - _The manor succeeded to a distant cousin when the direct line died out._
   - _Ancient titles succeed to male heirs under the terms of the old settlement._
10. Misconstruction of secede. — Misconstruction of secede.
   - Simple: Misconstruction of secede. It is wrongly used to mean breaking away from a group or country.
   - _Several congregations voted to succeed from the national church over the new rules._
   - _After the dispute, three member nations announced they would succeed from the alliance._

## Verb

11. To turn out or fare in a particular way, whether well or ill. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To turn out a certain way, either well or badly.
   - _His ventures succeeded ill, and he soon fell into debt._
   - _The settlers wrote home to say how their crops succeed each season._
12. To fall heir to something; to inherit it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To inherit something, such as money or land, from someone who has died.
   - _She succeeded the family estate upon her father's death._
   - _Those who succeed vast lands also succeed their many debts._
13. To go down toward or draw near to something, with to. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To move down toward or come close to something.

## Origin

From Old French succeder, from Latin succedere, meaning to go under or approach, to follow or take the place of, to receive by succession, and also to prosper or be successful.

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