Succeed

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To come next in time or order.
  • intransitive verb. To replace another in office or position: synonym: follow.
  • intransitive verb. To accomplish something desired or intended.
  • intransitive verb. To pass to a person by way of inheritance.
  • intransitive verb. To come after (something) in time or order; follow.
  • intransitive verb. To come after and take the place of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To follow; come after; be subsequent or consequent to.
  • To take the place of; be heir or successor to.
  • To fall heir to; inherit.
  • To prosper; give success to.
  • To follow; be subsequent; come after; come next; come in the place of another or of that which has preceded.
  • To become heir; take the place of one who has died; specifically, to ascend a throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
  • To come down by order of succession; descend; devolve.
  • To arrive at a happy issue; be successful in any endeavor; meet with success; obtain the object desired; accomplish what is attempted or intended.
  • To terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: as, his plan succeeded admirably.
  • To descend.
  • To approach by following.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • intransitive verb. To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
  • intransitive verb. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
  • intransitive verb. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
  • intransitive verb. To go under cover.
  • transitive verb. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
  • transitive verb. To fall heir to; to inherit.
  • transitive verb. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
  • transitive verb. To support; to prosper; to promote.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
  • verb. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
  • verb. To fall heir to; to inherit.
  • verb. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
  • verb. To support; to prosper; to promote.
  • verb. 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.
  • verb. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
  • verb. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
  • verb. To go under cover.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. attain success or reach a desired goal
  • verb. be the successor (of)
  • Word Usage
    "Test scores seem like a bad proxy; people score well and don’t succeed at life; and people score poorly and ’succeed’."
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    follow  
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    accede  accomplish  achieve  act  arrive  
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    Aristide  Bede  Ede  Gilead  Mead  
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