succeed

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To achieve what you wanted or planned.

   She finally succeeded in passing her driving test.

2. 2
   verb

   To do well and become successful in life or work.

   He was voted most likely to succeed.

3. 3
   verb

   To come after and take the place of someone in a job or position.

   Following his father's death, he succeeded to the throne.

4. 4
   verb

   To come after something else in time or order.

   Autumn succeeds summer.

Multiword verbs with succeed

• succeed in Prepositional verb A2

  to achieve the intended result in an activity or situation

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Simplified etymology

Succeed entered English in the late Middle English period and derives from the family of Latin cedere, “to yield, give way, go.” Its underlying sense was “come close after.”

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”).

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