succeed
Verb (Intransitive):
- To achieve a desired aim or result: To accomplish what one attempts or intends; to have a favorable outcome.
- To come next after someone or something else; to follow: To take over a role, position, or title from a predecessor.
Verb (Transitive):
- To come after and take the place of: To follow into an office, inheritance, or position.
Intransitive Verb (Achieving a goal): After years of hard work, she finally succeeded. The experiment succeeded beyond our expectations. He succeeded in persuading the committee.
Intransitive Verb (Following in sequence/position): Who will succeed to the throne after the current monarch? Autumn succeeds summer.
Transitive Verb: Elizabeth II succeeded her father, George VI. A new CEO will succeed the retiring one next month.
"Succeed in doing something": This is the most common construction for expressing achievement of a specific action. They succeeded in launching the product on time. She succeeded in finding a solution to the complex problem.
"Succeed as": To be successful in a particular role or profession. He succeeded as a lawyer before entering politics.
"Succeed to": Used specifically for inheriting titles, property, or formal positions. The eldest son succeeded to the estate.
Success (n): The accomplishment of an aim or the favorable outcome of an effort. The success of the project was celebrated by the whole team.
Successful (adj): Accomplishing a desired aim or result. She is a successful entrepreneur.
Succession (n): A number of people or things following one after the other; the process of inheriting a title or position. The succession of events led to the crisis. The line of succession to the throne is clearly defined.
Successor (n): A person or thing that succeeds another. The manager named her successor before retiring.
- Achieve: To successfully bring about or reach a desired objective.
- Accomplish: To complete or finish successfully.
- Follow: To come after in time or order.
- Replace: To take the place of.
- Fail: To be unsuccessful in achieving a goal.
- Precede: To come before something in time or order.
- "Succeed in": To manage to do something. (This is the standard usage, not typically considered a separable phrasal verb).
"Nothing succeeds like success": Success often leads to further opportunities for success. After her first bestseller, publishers were eager for her next book—nothing succeeds like success.
"Succeed against all odds": To achieve success despite very low probability or significant difficulties. The small startup succeeded against all odds and became a market leader.
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be the successor (of)
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Carter followed Ford
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Will Charles succeed to the throne?
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attain success or reach a desired goal
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The enterprise succeeded
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We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
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she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
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