succeed

Meaning of succeed

verb
  1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
    Autumn succeeds summer.
  2. 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.
  3. To fall heir to; to inherit.
    So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king.
  4. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
  5. To support; to prosper; to promote.
  6. 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. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
  8. 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

Meaning win:

win

Meaning come after:

follow

Meaning :

flourish

succeed antonyms

Meaning :

precede, fail

Translation of succeed

Words that rhyme with succeed

recceed, resucceed, emceed, proceed, reproceed, exceed, superexceed

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