SUCCEED


Meaning of SUCCEED in English

vi to go under cover.

2. succeed ·vt to fall heir to; to inherit.

3. succeed ·vi specifically: to ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

4. succeed ·vi to descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.

5. succeed ·vt to support; to prosper; to promote.

6. succeed ·vt to come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

7. succeed ·vt 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.

8. succeed ·vi 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 ·vi 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.

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