SUCCEED
\səksˈiːd], \səksˈiːd], \s_ə_k_s_ˈiː_d]\
Definitions of SUCCEED
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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attain success or reach a goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
By Princeton University
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To fall heir to; to inherit.
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To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
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To support; to prosper; to promote.
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Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
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To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
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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.
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To go under cover.
By Oddity Software
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To take the place of; follow.
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To follow in order; to come next in the possession of anything: with to; as, to succeed to a throne; accomplish something attempted; prosper; as, all his plans succeed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To come or follow up or in order: to follow: to take the place of.
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To follow in order: to take the place of: to obtain one's wish or accomplish what is attempted: to end with advantage.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
