## Meanings
1. To achieve what you wanted or planned.
2. To do well and become successful in life or work.
3. To come after and take the place of someone in a job or position.
4. To come after something else in time or order.

## Examples
- She finally succeeded in passing her driving test.
- He was voted most likely to succeed.
- Following his father's death, he succeeded to the throne.
- Autumn succeeds summer.

## Synonyms
- ensue
- flourish
- follow
- prosper

## Antonyms
- fail
- precede

## Derived Forms
- succedent
- succeeder
- succeedingly
- unsucceedable

## Related Forms
- deserve
- receive
- success
- succession
- successive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: succeder

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Succeed is 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”). In present-day use, it can mean to achieve what you wanted or planned, or to do well and become successful in life or work. Derived formations include succedent, succeeder, succeedingly, unsucceedable.

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