English Explanatory Dictionary

succeed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To follow something in sequence or time.
  2. To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
  3. To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
  4. 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).
  5. To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
  6. To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
  7. To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
  8. To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
  9. To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
  10. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
  11. To fall heir to; to inherit.
  12. To go down or near (with to).
verb
  1. Misconstruction of secede.

Pronunciation

/səkˈsiːd/ en-us-succeed.ogg

Word forms

succeed succeeds succeeding succeeded succede

Etymology

From Old French succeder, from Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”).

Synonyms

flourish ensue follow follow on succeed take the place of come after do well

Antonyms

precede fail fall on one's face

Related words

success succession successive deserve receive

Derived words

if at first you don't succeed, try try again nothing succeeds like success resucceed succedent succeedable succeeder succeedingly unsucceedable unsucceeded

Translations

Bulgarian: следвам Bulgarian: приемник съм на Bulgarian: успявам Catalan: succeir Catalan: reeixir Catalan: aconseguir Chinese Mandarin: 繼 /继 Chinese Mandarin: 成功 Dutch: opvolgen Esperanto: postveni Esperanto: sukcesi Finnish: seurata Finnish: menestyä Finnish: onnistua Finnish: paikata Finnish: nousta valtaan French: succéder French: réussir French: avoir du succès Galician: suceder Galician: seguir Galician: conseguir German: nachfolgen German: erfolgreich sein German: Erfolg haben German: gelingen German: geraten German: erfolgriich sii German: Erfolg haa German: glinge German: grate Greek: διαδέχομαι Greek: ακολουθώ Greek: επιτυγχάνω Greek: καταφέρνω Greek: κατορθώνω Ancient Greek: διαδέχομαι Hungarian: követ Hungarian: sikerül Italian: succedere Italian: riuscire Japanese: 継ぐ Japanese: 継承する Japanese: 成功する Japanese: 続く Latin: succedere Latin: succēdō Latin: vigeō Māori: taua Māori: whakaekeeke Māori: rīwhi Māori: tutuki Polish: następować Polish: dać radę Polish: poradzić sobie Polish: udać się (komu? czemu?) Portuguese: seguir Portuguese: ter/obter sucesso/êxito Portuguese: conseguir Romanian: succeda Romanian: succede Romanian: reuși Slovene: naslediti Slovene: slediti Slovene: uspeti Spanish: suceder Spanish: sucesionar Spanish: conseguir Spanish: tener éxito Spanish: ganar Spanish: lograr Spanish: triunfar Spanish: atinar Spanish: arrasar Spanish: vencer Spanish: anotarse un poroto Spanish: petar Arabic: نَجَحَ Arabic: نجح Azerbaijani: alınmaq Chinese Cantonese: 成功 Czech: uspět Hebrew: הִצְלִיחַ Hebrew: עָשָׂה חַיִל Ingrian: onnistua Khmer: សម្រេច Korean: 성공하다 Central Kurdish: سەرکەوتن Lü: ᦺᦡᧉᦡᦲ Khiamniungan Naga: thǖshīu Norman: rêussi Old English: spōwan Oromo: milkaa'uu Russian: преуспе́ть Russian: достига́ть це́ли Russian: дости́чь це́ли Russian: наследовать Russian: сменять Shan: ထိုင်ယိူင်းမၢႆ Swahili: fanikiwa Swedish: lyckas Thai: ประสบความสำเร็จ Thai: ได้ดี
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