English

Etymology
Latin succedere

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-succeed.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�d|-i�d

Verb
to succeed

1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of

#:the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne
#: autumn succeeds summer.

1. To fall heir to; to inherit.
2. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
3. To support; to prosper; to promote.
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. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
6. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
7. 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.
8. To go under cover.

Antonyms
fail

Translations
trans-top|To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of
German: nachfolgen
trans-mid
Slovene: naslediti, slediti
Spanish: seguir en orden
trans-bottom

trans-top|To fall heir to; to inherit
German: nachfolgen
trans-mid
Slovene: naslediti
trans-bottom

trans-top|To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue
trans-mid
Slovene: slediti
trans-bottom

trans-top|To support; to prosper; to promote
trans-mid
Slovene: uspeti
trans-bottom

trans-top|To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things
trans-mid
Slovene: naslediti
trans-bottom

trans-top|Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant
trans-mid
Slovene: naslediti
trans-bottom

trans-top|To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful
Czech: usp�t
German: erfolgreich sein, Erfolg haben
trans-mid
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|س��رک���ت�|trsarkawtin|scKUchar
Slovene: uspeti
trans-bottom

trans-top|To go under cover
trans-mid
trans-bottom

rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
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ttbc|Dutch: navolgen (3), slagen (8), lukken (8)
ttbc|French: succéder, réussir (8)
ttbc|Italian: succedere
ttbc|Japanese: �� (��, tsugu), �� (���, tsudzuku), ���� (�������, keishou-suru)
ttbc|Portuguese: Conseguir
ttbc|Spanish: conseguir
ttbc|Swedish: lyckas (8)

Related terms
succeedingly
success
succession
successive

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