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succeed

suc·ceed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh k-seed]
    • /səkˈsid/
    • /səkˈsiːd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh k-seed]
    • /səkˈsid/

Definitions of succeed word

  • verb without object succeed to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded. 1
  • verb without object succeed to thrive, prosper, grow, or the like: Grass will not succeed in this dry soil. 1
  • verb without object succeed to accomplish what is attempted or intended: We succeeded in our efforts to start the car. 1
  • verb without object succeed to attain success in some popularly recognized form, as wealth or standing: The class voted him the one most likely to succeed. 1
  • verb without object succeed to follow or replace another by descent, election, appointment, etc. (often followed by to). 1
  • verb without object succeed to come next after something else in an order or series. 1

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Origin of succeed

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English succeden < Latin succēdere to go (from) under, follow, prosper, equivalent to suc- suc- + cēdere to go (see cede)

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Parts of speech for Succeed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

succeed popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

succeed usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for succeed

verb succeed

  • arrive at — to reach by traveling
  • arrive — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
  • attain — If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
  • bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
  • bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.

Antonyms for succeed

verb succeed

  • atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
  • atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
  • backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
  • backlashed — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
  • backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.

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