succeed

English Online Dictionary. What means succeed‎? What does succeed mean?

English

Alternative forms

• succede (dated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səkˈsiːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd
• Hyphenation: suc‧ceed

Etymology 1

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”).

Verb

succeed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)

1. (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.
2. (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.

   Synonym: take the place of

3. (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
4. (intransitive) 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).
   1. (intransitive) To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
5. (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
6. (intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
7. (intransitive, dated) To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
8. (transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
9. (intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
10. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
11. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go down or near (with to).

Synonyms

• (follow in order): come after; see also Thesaurus:succeed
• (support; prosper; promote): do well, flourish; see also Thesaurus:prosper

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “follow in order”): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede
• (antonym(s) of “obtain the object desired; accomplish what is attempted or intended”): fail, fall on one's face
• (antonym(s) of “support; prosper; promote”): fail

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Etymology 2

Verb

succeed

1. Misconstruction of secede.

Anagrams

• succede