succeed
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
succeed/səkˈsiːd/
▶verb
- 1 achieve an aim or purpose.
■ attain fame, wealth, or social status.
- 2 take over an office, title, etc. from (someone).
■ (often succeed to) become the new rightful holder of an office, title, etc.
- 3 come after and take the place of: her embarrassment was succeeded by fear.
– derivatives
succeeder noun (archaic).
succeeder noun (archaic).
– origin ME: from OFr. succeder or L. success-, succedere ‘come close after’.
'succeed' also found in these Oxford entries:
account
- aspirant
- attain
- bag
- beat
- blitz
- break
- carry
- catch
- coadjutor
- come
- comer
- decipher
- escape
- find
- fit
- forlorn
- gazump
- get
- grade
- heir apparent
- hiding
- hitch
- hold
- hopeful
- incoming
- induce
- kick
- killer instinct
- land
- learned helplessness
- live
- lost cause
- luck
- make
- manage
- meritorious
- murder
- odds-on
- overcome
- prosper
- pull
- reach
- reversion
- rise
- safe bet
- sail
- score
- scrape
- secure
