succeeds
Saysuhk-SEEDZ/səkˈsiːdz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of succeed.
A well-prepared candidate often succeeds where others stumble.
When a monarch dies, the eldest child succeeds to the throne.
Note
One spelling carries two quite different verbs: one of following or replacing, and one of achieving what was intended. The construction usually tells them apart. With a direct object it means taking someone's place (she succeeds her father). With to it means coming next or inheriting (he succeeds to the throne). Standing alone, with neither, it most often means prevailing.
succeeds is a form of succeed
succeed, verb: To prevail in obtaining an intended objective; to prosper as the result of a particular effort. Full entry
- Forms
- succeedsucceeds he/she/itsucceeding -ing formsucceeded past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- succeed → succeeds: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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