meaning of succeed
1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the kings eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
2. To fall heir to; to inherit.
3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
4. To support; to prosper; to promote.
5. 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.
6. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
7. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
8. 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.
9. To go under cover.
10. be the successor of; "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the
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Related Words
succeed | succeedant | succeeded | succeeder | succeeding |
