Succeed

  • 21succeed*/*/*/ — [səkˈsiːd] verb 1) to achieve something that you planned to do or attempted to do Ant: fail Everyone wants the peace process to succeed.[/ex] We finally succeeded in getting some extra funding.[/ex] 2) [I] to do well in school, in your career, or …

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  • 22succeed — verb Etymology: Middle English succeden, from Anglo French succeeder, from Latin succedere to go up, follow after, succeed, from sub near + cedere to go more at sub Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to come next after another in office… …

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  • 23succeed — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, act for, advance, arrive, attain, attend, be a gas, be a hit, be a success, be blooded, be successful, be victorious, bill, bomb, boom, break the record, bring off, bring through, c, carry off,… …

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  • 24succeed — [15] To succeed someone is etymologically to ‘go next to them’, hence to follow them. The word comes via Old French succeder from Latin succēdere, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘under’ (used here in the sense ‘next below’, hence… …

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  • 25succeed — v 1. turn out well, Inf. pan out, work out; reach or get to first base, get off the ground, Sl. fly. 2. accomplish, do, carry out or through, complete, fulfill, realize; achieve, attain, reach, arrive at; succeed in, manage, bring off, Sl. pull… …

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  • 26succeed — [15] To succeed someone is etymologically to ‘go next to them’, hence to follow them. The word comes via Old French succeder from Latin succēdere, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘under’ (used here in the sense ‘next below’, hence… …

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  • 27succeed in — phr verb Succeed in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑attempt, ↑bid, ↑objective, ↑task …

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  • 28succeed to — phr verb Succeed to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑throne …

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  • 29SUCCEED — Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education http://succeed.ee.vt.edu/ …

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  • 30succeed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. follow, come after; displace, supplant; thrive (see success). See sequence. Ant., fail, precede. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To attain success] Syn. achieve, accomplish, get, prosper, attain, reach, be… …

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