When you succeed at something, you reach a goal or do really well. If you practice speaking Arabic every day, you are likely to succeed at becoming fluent in this language.
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of;
Verb
be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
Verb
attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
v. t.
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take
the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the
throne; autumn succeeds summer.
v. t.
To fall heir to; to inherit.
v. t.
To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to
follow; to pursue.
v. t.
To support; to prosper; to promote.
v. i.
To come in the place of another person, thing, or
event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of
things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything;
-- often with to.
v. i.
Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal
the death of the occupant.
v. i.
To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same
family; to devolve.
v. i.
To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is
attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be
successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.
v. i.
To go under cover.
Succeed
As he saw him nigh succeed.2.
Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse.4.
Succeed my wish and second my design.
Succeed
If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership.
Enjoy till I return Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed!2.
No woman shall succeed in Salique land.3.
It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition.
Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English.5.
Will you to the cooler cave succeed!
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of;
To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
Usage Examples
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.
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Other Usage ExamplesBut, it's because we have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history that we had. We have to dig deeper and we have to do much more in order to be seen and to be spotted.
Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.
Few things are impracticable in themselves and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
And the truth is, those who are terrorists only have to succeed once, and those of us who are trying to build an inclusive society have to succeed every time.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.
Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail.
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