succeed
To follow something in sequence or timeTo follow something in sequence or time.
» The plan is bound to succeed.
План обречен на успех.
План приречений на успіх.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To follow something in sequence or time.
Autumn succeeds summer.
(transitive)To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
After a contentious election, Jones succeeded Smith as president of the republic.
(intransitive)To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
следоватьsledovatʹ, наследоватьnasledovatʹ, идти заidti za
(intransitive)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).
Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne.
So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, the crown (or: property) falls to me.
наследоватьnasledovatʹ, сменятьsmenjatʹ
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).
(intransitive)To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died.
наследоватьnasledovatʹ, сменятьsmenjatʹ
(intransitive)To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime.
She succeeded in her efforts to repair the tank.
erfolgreich sein, Erfolg haben, gelingen
преуспе́тьpreuspétʹ, достига́ть це́лиdostigátʹ céli, дости́чь це́лиdostíčʹ céli
(intransitive)To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
voted most likely to succeed
attain success or reach a desired goal
(dated, intransitive)To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
(transitive)To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
(intransitive)To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
отходитьotxoditʹ, переходитьperexoditʹ
(obsolete, rare, transitive)To fall heir to; to inherit.
nachfolgen
наследоватьnasledovatʹ
(intransitive, obsolete, rare)To go down or near (with to).
Examples
1134 sentencesThe plan is bound to succeed.
План приречений на успіх.
ruПлан обречен на успех.
I think that he will succeed.
Я думаю, у нього все вийде.
ruЯ думаю, у него всё получится.
deIch denke, dass er Erfolg haben wird.
There's little hope that he'll succeed.
Мало надії, що у нього вийде.
Tom is very likely to succeed.
Том, скоріш за все, досягне успіху.
ruТом, скорее всего, преуспеет.
I am sure that he will succeed.
Я певен, що він досягне успіху.
ruЯ уверен, что у него получится.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Old French succeder, from Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, aFrom 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”).
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Forms
succeeds, succeeding, succeeded, succeededSynonyms
13 synonyms- be the successor (of):come afterfollow
- attain success or reach a desired goal:wincome throughbring home the bacondeliver the goods
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- likely to succeed
- succeed this time
- finally succeeded in
- succeeded in getting
- succeed where others
- finally succeeded
- want to succeed
- succeed in life
- would have succeeded
- to succeed this
- sure to succeed
- going to succeed