Succeed

Definition: Succeed

Succeed

Verb

1. Attain success or reach a goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show".

2. Be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "succeed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Succeed

Acquisition

Come by, come in for; receive; inherit; step into a fortune, step into the shoes of; succeed to.

Failure

Verb: fail; be unsuccessful; Adjective: not succeed; make vain efforts;Noun: do in vain, labor in vain, toil in vain; flunk; lose one's labor, take nothing by one's motion; bring to naught, make nothing of; wash a blackamoor white; (impossible); roll the stones of Sisyphus; (useless); do by halves; (not complete); lose ground; (recede); fall short of.

Posteriority

Verb: follow; after, come after, go after; succeed, supervene; ensue, occur; step into the shoes of.

Sequence

Verb: succeed; come after, come on, come next; follow, ensue, step into the shoes of; alternate.

Skill

Take advantage of, make the most of; profit by &e. (use); make a hit; (succeed); make a virtue of necessity; make hay while the sun shines; (occasion).

Success

Verb: succeed; be successful; Adjective: gain one's end, gain one's ends; crown with success.

Transfer

Change hands, change hands from one to another; devolve, succeed; come into possession; (acquire).

Crosswords: Succeed

I'm here incase you succeed. (Stargate; writing credit: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich)

And I am going to everything I can to nurture that talent and help him succeed, then I'm going to use him to live out all my frustrated hopes and dreams. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)

Well, if at first you don't succeed, I'll kill him (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

I didn't succeed with my dream of being a singer. (Andy Richter Controls the Universe; writing credit: John Banas)

That's right Mike, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)

1 � And if at first you don't succeed (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah)

I know that you'll succeed (Walking On Broken Glass; performing artist: Annie Lennox)

With love you might succeed (THE MAIN EVENT/FIGHT; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

Succeed in this rap game, the two things that's great (Izzo (H.O.V.A.); performing artist: Jay-Z)

Oh, I might succeed (Friends And Family; performing artist: Trik Turner)

To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do. (references; author: Mark Twain)

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language. (references; author: Mark Twain)

If at first you don't succeed, try management. (references; author: unknown)

I'd rather do something and fail than do nothing and succeed! (references; author: unknown)

Some succeed because they are destined to. But most succeed because they are determined to. (references; author: unknown)

How to Succeed with Sex (1969)

Way to Succeed (1993)

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Books

• How to Succeed With Women (reference)

• The Leader in You: How to Win Friends, Influence People and Succeed in a Changing World (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Succeed (reference)

• Training - Helping People And Business Succeed - Index Only (reference)

• Training : Helping People And Business Succeed (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• How to Help your Child Succeed in School (reference)

• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Widescreen Edition) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The One Voted Most Likely to Succeed (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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To succeed Col. Donovan?--Capitol hears that Judge Thacher will be next Assistant Attorney General / Underwood & Underwood, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

John Philip Hill (left), outgoing congressional "wet" leader congratulating Rep. John C. Linthicum of Md., who was elected to succeed him as "wet" leader. Credit: Library of Congress.

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In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. (reference)

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Well, (returning to the room,) I have not been able to succeed.

The person was already in the thick woods, night had come on, and Boulatruelle did not succeed in overtaking him.

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Health

Even with a good match, BMT does not always succeed. (references)

Those neurons that do not succeed in competing for appropriate connections die through apoptosis. (references)

Your doctor may tell you that you have a condition that would make transplantation dangerous or unlikely to succeed. (references)

Business

No technical modifications are needed for imported sporting goods to succeed in this market. (references)

Participation in social activities is very important to succeed in the Mexican business world. (references)

American E-VAPs are determined to capitalize on their competitive advantages, in order to succeed in Europe. (references)

Civil Liberties

Greece

Muslim parents report that their children are unable to succeed in school as a result of this policy. (references)

Economic History

Somalia

Jama Ali Jama to succeed him. (references)

Mauritius

Few foreign companies succeed on their own. (references)

Human Rights

Malaysia

It also was announced that Gani Patail, the former lead prosecutor during Anwar trials in 1998 and 1999, would succeed Ainum Saaid as Attorney General. (references)

Minorities

Korea

Amerasians face no legal discrimination, but informal discrimination is prevalent, making it more difficult for them to succeed in academia, business, or government. (references)

Political Economy

Paraguay

The President is the Head of Government and Head of State; he cannot succeed himself. (references)

Travel

Yemen

Although Yemeni law does not require an agent, businesses rarely succeed without a Yemeni working on their behalf. (references)

Zimbabwe

That said, however, patient and persistent companies, especially those with effective local representation, can usually succeed in Zimbabwe if their finances and product or services lines are in order. (references)

Women

Swaziland

Rural women often have no relief if family intervention does not succeed, because the traditional courts can be unsympathetic to "unruly" or "disobedient" women and are less likely than the modern courts to convict men for wife beating. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "succeed": succeed as ♦ succeed in ♦ succeed in an action ♦ succeed in doing smth. ♦ succeed in keeping an eye ♦ succeed in keeping an eye on ♦ succeed one another ♦ succeed oneself ♦ succeed to ♦ succeed to a throne ♦ succeed to the crown ♦ succeed with. Additional references.

Ending with "succeed": most-likely-to-succeed.

Afrikaans

slaag. (various references)

Albanian

kam sukses (arrive, be a success, boom, bring off, click, come across, come along, do well, get on with, make a hit), ia dal mbanë (get over, manage, win through), arrij sukses (make a go of it, make the grade), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, take, take care, top, total, touch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فلح (cultivate, farm, till), ‏فاز (achieve, attain, be successful, beat, defeat, gain, get, obtain, overcome, prevail, triumph over, win, win out), ‏نجح (achieve, arrive, bring off, click, flourish, get on, get through, go off well, make, make a go of it, make efficient, make good, make out, make the grade, manage, pan, pan out, pass, prosper, pull off, pull through, thrive, triumph, win out, work it), ‏ولى (ensue, follow, inaugurate, supervene), ‏توفق في, ‏توالى, ‏تعاقب (alternate, alternation, gradation, interchange, progression, revolve, rotate, rotation, sequence, series, succession), ‏تبع (dangle, direct, follow, go after, supervene, tread, tread on smb.'s heels), ‏خلف (after, back, backwards, behind, deposit, successor, supersede, supplant, tiller), ‏أفلح, ‏رث العرش. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съумявам, успявам (answer, be in time for, get on, hack, make out, manage, pan out, pull off, win through), удава ми се, наследявам (derive, heir, inherit), заемам мястото на (supersede), процъфтявам (burgeon, flourish, prosper, thrive), преуспявам (arrive, go, prosper, speed, thrive), постигам целта си (make the grade, win through), идвам след. (various references)

Catalan

aconseguir. (various references)

Chinese 

成功 (Accomplished, Succeeded, succeeding, success, successful), 成 (accomplish, become, complete, finish, one tenth, turn into, win). (various references)

Czech

podařit se (come out well, contrive), nastoupit (board, commence, fall in, get in, get on, light upon, re-enter), následovat (ensue, follow, follow on, go after, take after), mít úspìch (bring home the bacon, get away with it, make it, pan out, score), dosáhnout úspìchu. (various references)

Danish

lykkes. (various references)

Dutch

slagen, klaarspelen (finish), doorkomen (come through). (various references)

Esperanto

sukcesi. (various references)

Faeroese

eydnast (be succesful, flourish, prosper, thrive). (various references)

Farsi 

موفق شدن (Arrive, Attain, Prosper, Wow), نتیجه بخشیدن , کامیاب شدن (Prosper, Thrive), بطورتوالی قرارگرفتن , بدنبال امدن . (various references)

Finnish

menestyä (be a success, be successful, prosper, thrive). (various references)

French

réussir (make a success). (various references)

Frisian

slagje. (various references)

German

gelingen (achievement, be succesful, be successful, flourish, go off, prosper, success, successful outcome, thrive, to succeed), folgen (aftereffects, agree with, come after, ensue, follow, follow on, go along with, obey, results, sequels, sequences, sequiturs, succeeding, successions, suites, tail, to ensue, to follow, to succeed, trace, trail), Erfolg haben (be successful, prosper, succeeding, thrive, to meet with success, to succeed). (various references)

Greek 

πετυχαίνω (bring off, come off, do the trick), επιτυγχάνω (accomplish, attain, gel, get, hit, prosper, scoop). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעלות יפ�", לעלות בי�"ו (manage, surpass), לעשות חיל (acquire wealth, make progress, prosper), לזכות (acquit, attain merit, be acquitted, be righteous, earn, gain, merit, pull off, win), ל�"שכיל (be wise, become wise), ל�"עלות בי�"ו, ל�"צליח (get ahead, get along, get through, make good, make the grade, manage, prosper, pull through, swing, thrive, win, win out), ל�"ספיק (be sufficient, enable, suffice, supply), לבוא אחרי (follow), לצלוח (flourish, prosper, thrive). (various references)

Hungarian

sikerül (to answer the bill, to click, to come off, to fare, to go well, to manage, to pan, to pan out, to succeed in doing sg). (various references)

Indonesian

menggantikan (discontinue, replace, substitute for). (various references)

Italian

riuscire (be, be able, be clever at, be good at, be successful, click, come out, go out again, manage, pan out, result, snatch, to manage), succedere (befall, come, come about, follow, follow one another, happen, occur, to happen). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

継ぐ (to succeed). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おおせる (to succeed in doing), しすます (to succeed as planned), うけつぐ (to inherit, to succeed, to take over), つぐ (to come after, to feed, to fill, to graft, to irrigate, to join, to pay, to piece together, to pour, to rank next to, to set, to succeed), に�'�"む (to succeed in running away, to take refuge in), せい�"う�'のぞむ (to hope to succeed), いえ�'つぐ (to succeed to a house), あとがまにすわる (to step into someone's shoes, to succeed someone in his post, to take someone's place), � いとうりょうのあと�'おそう (to succeed to the presidency). (various references)

Korean 

출세하십시�". (various references)

Manx

cheet ny yei (come after), cheet lesh (pass, prosper), cheet er y hoshiaght (come forward, prosper). (various references)

Papiamen

logra. (various references)

Pig Latin

ucceedsay

Polish

odnieść sukces, mieć powodzenie. (various references)

Portuguese

conseguir (accrue, attain, come at, draw, drew, effect, enlist, filibeg, gain, get, make, obtain, pick, pick up, pot, procure, purchase). (various references)

Romanian

succeda (alternate), urma (attend, continue, ensue, follow, go with, hold, inherit, resume, take), reuşi (answer, be a success, bring home the bacon, contrive, do well, go on, hit, make one's mark, manage, pan out, pass, pay off, prevail, prosper, qualify, speed, strike, strike oil, win, work), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, tack, take, tie, work), parveni (arrive, work it), izbuti (contrive, manage, prevail, work). (various references)

Russian 

следовать за (be followed by, precede by, string along with, supervene), наследовать (derive, heir, inherit), иметь успех (be a success, be successful, click, make a hit, ring the bell, take on). (various references)

Scottish

soirbhich. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

slediti (follow, freeze, go after, track), uspeti (bring off, climb, come through, make good, pan out, pull off), naslediti (inherit). (various references)

Spanish

tener éxito (be successful, come off, get on, make the grade, pan out, score, take, win, win out), conseguir (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, bring off, come by, compass, enlist, gain, get, get hold of, getting, land, obtain, procure, pull off, purchase, put across, put over, score, walk in, win). (various references)

Swazi

kú-phumélela (to succeed). (various references)

Swedish

lyckas (click, come off, contrive, get ahead, luck out, make good, manage, pan out), efterträda (follow, replace, supersede), efterfölja (follow). (various references)

Thai

สำเร็จ (manage), ตามหลัง, รับช่วงต่อ. (various references)

Turkish

sonra gelmek (be posterior to, come second, follow), yerine geçmek (displace, replace, stand for, sub, subrogate, substitute, supersede, supplant, take smb.'s place, take the place of), varisi olmak, başarmak (accomplish, achieve, arrive, bring home the bacon, bring off, carry out, carry through, click, come through, compass, conquer, contrive, get things done, get through, hit the mark, make out, negotiate, overcome, pan out, pan out well, prosper, pull off, sew up, swing, tackle, win through), başarıya ulaşmak, başarılı olmak (get ahead, make one's way, prosper, speed, win through, work). (various references)

Ukrainian

успадковувати (heir, inherit), досягати успіхів (prosper), добитися (compel, elicit, win). (various references)

Welsh

tycio (avail, prosper), llwyddo (prosper). (various references)

succedere, vicerant, vicerit, vicerunt, vici, vicissent, vicisti, vicistis, vicit, victa, victi, victorum, victos, victum, victus, vincas, vince, vincebat, vincebatis, vincens, vincenti, vincere, vincerent, vinceret, vincet, vincetur, vinci, vincimini, vincit, vincitur. (various references)

fon to rice. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "succeed": succeeded, succeeder, succeeders, succeeding, succeeds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Succeed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: secced, secceede, seccy, sicced, succeced, succed, succede, succeded, succees, succomed, sucede, suceed, sucide, sucseed, susceed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: deuces, educes, seduce.

-2 letters: cedes, cusec, deuce, duces, educe, suede.

-3 letters: cede, cees, cuds, cued, cues, dees, duce, dues, ecus, scud, seed, sued, used.

-4 letters: cee, cud, cue, dee, due, ecu, eds, sec, see, sue, use.

-5 letters: de, ed, es, us.

+1 letter: succeeds.

+2 letters: reaccused, succedent, succeeded, succeeder.

+3 letters: acquiesced, recrudesce, succedanea, succeeders, succeeding.

+4 letters: cocounseled, recrudesced, recrudesces, succedaneum, uncoalesced.

+5 letters: accursedness, chuckleheads, cocounselled, detumescence, recrudescent, recrudescing, succedaneous, succedaneums.