Succeed Meaning
/səkˈsiːd/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo follow something in sequence or time.
verbTo replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
Sentence Examples
You are sure to succeed in time.
Judging from what you say, he may succeed.
The project seemed unlikely to succeed.
CEFR Practice Quiz
With determination and practice, she managed to ____ in the annual competition.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
If you work hard and stay focused on your goals, you will eventually ____ in achieving your dreams.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Destructive effects […] succeeded the curse."
— 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
"Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin."
— 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 49”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
"An heir in possession of an entailed estate succeeded to another estate under an entail which required him to denude of one of them. Held that before making his election he could not make up a title to or disentail the second estate."
— 1924, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), An Analytical Digest of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, And, on Appeal, in the House of Lords, 1868 to 1922, page 159:
"If he succeeded in February, 670, this would be his sixteenth year."
— 2011, The Honorable Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of England, Jazzybee Verlag, →ISBN, page 242:
"The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order."
— 1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
With determination and practice, she managed to ____ in the annual competition.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
If you work hard and stay focused on your goals, you will eventually ____ in achieving your dreams.