transcription, транскрипция: [ səksi:d ]
( succeeds, succeeding, succeeded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you succeed in doing something, you manage to do it.
We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of Defense...
Some people will succeed in their efforts to stop smoking...
≠ fail
VERB : V in -ing / n , V in -ing / n
2.
If something succeeds , it works in a satisfactory way or has the result that is intended.
...a move which would make any future talks even more unlikely to succeed.
≠ fail
VERB : V
3.
Someone who succeeds gains a high position in what they do, for example in business or politics.
...the skills and qualities needed to succeed in small and medium-sized businesses.
≠ fail
VERB : V
4.
If you succeed another person, you are the next person to have their job or position.
David Rowland is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1...
The present ruler, Prince Rainier III, succeeded to the throne on 9 May 1949.
VERB : V n , V to n
5.
If one thing is succeeded by another thing, the other thing happens or comes after it.
A quick divorce can be succeeded by a much longer–and more agonising–period of haggling over the fate of the family.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed