succeed

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /səkˈsiːd/

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• Hyphenation: suc‧ceed

Verb

Plain form succeed

Third-person singular succeeds

Past tense succeeded

Past participle succeeded

Present participle succeeding

1. (intransitive) If something succeeds, it has happened the way somebody wants it to happen.

   He succeeded in getting everyone to like him.

2. (intransitive) If you succeed, people recognize that you are good at what you do.

   It's more difficult for women to succeed in business.

3. (intransitive) If $x$ succeeds $y$, $x$ replaces $y$.

   The new king succeeded his father.

   DVDs succeeded VHS as the main way to watch movies.

Related words

• success
• succession
• successive
• succeeding
• successful
• successfully
• unsuccessful
• unsuccessfully