to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
2.
to thrive, prosper, grow, or the like: Grass will not succeed in this dry soil.
3.
to accomplish what is attempted or intended: We succeeded in our efforts to start the car.
4.
to attain success in some popularly recognized form, as wealth or standing: The class voted him the one most likely to succeed.
5.
to follow or replace another by descent, election, appointment, etc. (often fol. by to).
6.
to come next after something else in an order or series.
–verb (used with object)
7.
to come after and take the place of, as in an office or estate.
8.
to come next after in an order or series, or in the course of events; follow.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME succeden < L succédere to go (from) under, follow, prosper, equiv. to suc-suc-+ cédere to go (see cede)]
—Related forms
suc·ceed·a·ble, adjective
suc·ceed·er, noun
—Synonyms 1–4.Succeed,flourish,prosper,thrive mean to do well. To succeed is to turn out well, to attain a goal: It is everyone's wish to succeed in life. To flourish is to give evidence of success or a ripe development of power, reputation, etc.: Culture flourishes among free people. To prosper is to achieve and enjoy material success: He prospered but was still discontented. Thrive suggests vigorous growth and development such as results from natural vitality or favorable conditions: The children thrived in the sunshine. 5.See follow.
1375, "come next after, take the place of another," from O.Fr. succeder (14c.), from L. succedere "come after, go near to," from sub "next to, after" + cedere "go, move" (see cede). The sense of "turn out well, have a favorable result" is first recorded 1475, with ellipsis of adverb (succeed well).
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" [ant: fail]
2.
be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" [ant: come before]
to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose Example: He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.
Arabic:
يَنْجَح
Chinese (Simplified):
成功
Chinese (Traditional):
成功
Czech:
mít úspěch
Danish:
få succes; lykkes
Dutch:
slagen
Estonian:
edukas olema, õnnestuma
Finnish:
onnistua
French:
réussir (à)
German:
Erfolg haben
Greek:
πετυχαίνω, προκόβω, καταφέρνω
Hungarian:
sikerül (vkinek vmi)
Icelandic:
heppnast, takast
Indonesian:
berhasil
Italian:
riuscire, avere successo*
Japanese:
成功する
Korean:
잘 되다, 성공하다
Latvian:
gūt sekmes; sasniegt mērķi
Lithuanian:
pasisekti, pavykti
Norwegian:
lykkes, klare seg bra
Polish:
osiągnąć sukces, odnosić skutek
Portuguese (Brazil):
ter êxito
Portuguese (Portugal):
conseguir
Romanian:
a reuşi (să)
Russian:
достигнуть цели, добиться
Slovak:
mať úspech, podariť sa
Slovenian:
uspeti
Spanish:
conseguir; triunfar, tener éxito (en)
Swedish:
lyckas, slå väl ut
Turkish:
başarmak
succeed2[səkˈsiːd]verb
to follow next in order, and take the place of someone or something else Example: He succeeded his father as manager of the firm / as king; The cold summer was succeeded by a stormy autumn; If the duke has no children, who will succeed to (= inherit) his property?
Arabic:
يَخْلُف، يَتْلو، يَتْبَع
Chinese (Simplified):
接替或继承
Chinese (Traditional):
接替或繼承
Czech:
nastoupit po; zdědit
Danish:
efterfølge; arve
Dutch:
opvolgen
Estonian:
järgnema
Finnish:
seurata
French:
succéder (à); hériter
German:
nachfolgen
Greek:
διαδέχομαι
Hungarian:
követ (vkit, vmit)
Icelandic:
taka við af
Indonesian:
menggantikan
Italian:
succedere, subentrare
Japanese:
継ぐ
Korean:
…을 계승하다; 상속하다
Latvian:
sekot (cits citam); mantot; pārņemt (kā mantiniekam)
Main Entry: suc·ceed Pronunciation: s&k-'sEd Function: intransitive verb 1: to come next after another in office or position 2 a: to take something by succession <succeeded to his mother's estate> b: to acquire the rights, obligations, and charges of a decedent in property comprising an
estate <the heir, who accepts, is considered as having succeeded to the deceased from the moment of his death —Louisiana Civil Code> transitive verb 1:
to follow in sequence and esp. immediately 2: to come after as heir or successor
Fol"low\, v. i. To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate. Syn: Syn.- To Follow, Succeed, Ensue. Usage: To follow (v.i.) means simply to come after; as, a crowd followed. To succeed means to come after in some regular series or succession; as, day succeeds to day, and night to night. To ensue means to follow by some established connection or principle of sequence. As wave follows wave, revolution succeeds to revolution; and nothing ensues but accumulated wretchedness.
Suc`ce*da"ne*ous\, a. [L. succedaneus. See Succeed.] Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. --Sir T. Browne.
Suc*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succeeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub under + cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F. succ['e]der. See Cede, and cf. Success.]1. 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. As he saw him nigh succeed. --Spenser. 2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] --Shak. 3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. --Sir T. Browne. 4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.] Succeed my wish and second my design. --Dryden.
Suc*ceed"\, v. i. 1. 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. If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership. --Sir M. Hale. Enjoy till I return Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed! --Milton. 2. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant. No woman shall succeed in Salique land. --Shak. 3. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. --Shak. 4. 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. It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition. --Dryden. Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English. --Dryden. 5. To go under cover. [A latinism. Obs.] Will you to the cooler cave succeed! --Dryden. Syn: To follow; pursue. See Follow.
Suc*cess"\, n. [L. successus: cf. F. succ[`e]s. See Succeed.]1. Act of succeeding; succession. [Obs.] Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. --Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort. Men . . . that are like to do that, that is committed to them, and to report back again faithfully the success. --Bacon. Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The tempter stood. --Milton. 3. The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue. Dream of success and happy victory! --Shak. Or teach with more success her son The vices of the time to shun. --Waller. Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people. --Atterbury. 4. That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player. [Colloq.]
Suc*ces"sion\, n. [L. successio: cf. F. succession. See Succeed.]1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology. He was in the succession to an earldom. --Macaulay. 3. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent. "A long succession must ensue." --Milton. 4. The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne. You have the voice of the king himself for your succession in Denmark. --Shak. The animosity of these factions did not really arise from the dispute about the succession. --Macaulay. 5. The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order. 6. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir. [R.] --Milton. Apostolical succession. (Theol.) See under Apostolical. Succession duty, a tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner. [Eng.] Succession of crops. (Agric.) See Rotation of crops, under Rotation.
Suc*ces"sive\, a. [Cf. F. successif. See Succeed.]1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer. Send the successive ills through ages down. --Prior. 2. Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire. [Obs.] --Shak. Successive induction. (Math.) See Induction, 5.
Suc*ces"sor\, n. [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed.] One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. --Chaucer. A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. --Blackstone.
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