"succeed" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /səkˈsiːd/ Audio: en-us-succeed.ogg [US] Forms: succeeds [present, singular, third-person], succeeding [participle, present], succeeded [participle, past], succeeded [past]
Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: From 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|succeder}} Old French succeder, {{uder|en|la|succedo|succedere|to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful}} Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} succeed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)
  1. (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-EDFfHGg4
  2. (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title. Tags: transitive Synonyms: take the place of Synonyms (follow in order): come after
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-5i2ZFyXs Disambiguation of 'follow in order': 7 43 11 12 12 2 4 1 0 3 0 4
  3. (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to). Tags: intransitive Translations (To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue): следвам (sledvam) (Bulgarian), seguir (Catalan), seurata (Finnish), 継ぐ (tsugu) (Japanese), 継承する (keishō suru) (Japanese), taua (Maori), seguir (Portuguese), succede (Romanian), succeda (Romanian), slediti (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-YdhWoF8s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 18 17 17 12 1 2 2 14 2 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 2 8 13 16 16 10 2 4 3 12 3 10 Disambiguation of 'To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue': 6 1 41 20 20 3 1 2 1 3 1 3
  4. (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). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-6rPsLp66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 18 17 17 12 1 2 2 14 2 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 2 8 13 16 16 10 2 4 3 12 3 10
  5. (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).
    (intransitive) To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
    Tags: intransitive Translations (Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant): succeir (Catalan), 繼位 (Chinese Mandarin), 继位 (jìwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), succeda (Romanian), naslediti (Slovene), suceder (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-oii5kgCY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 18 17 17 12 1 2 2 14 2 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 2 8 13 16 16 10 2 4 3 12 3 10 Disambiguation of 'Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant': 2 2 12 6 61 2 2 3 1 5 1 4
  6. (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort. Tags: intransitive Translations (To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful): نَجَحَ (najaḥa) (Arabic), نجح (nagaḥ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), alınmaq (note: of an action) (Azerbaijani), успявам (uspjavam) (Bulgarian), reeixir (Catalan), سەرکەوتن (serkewtin) (Central Kurdish), 成功 (english: sing⁴ gung¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 成功 (chénggōng) (Chinese Mandarin), uspět (Czech), sukcesi (Esperanto), menestyä (Finnish), onnistua (Finnish), réussir (French), avoir du succès (French), conseguir (Galician), erfolgreich sein (German), Erfolg haben (German), gelingen (German), geraten (German), erfolgriich sii [Alemannic-German] (German), Erfolg haa [Alemannic-German] (German), glinge [Alemannic-German] (German), grate [Alemannic-German] (German), επιτυγχάνω (epityncháno) (Greek), καταφέρνω (kataférno) (Greek), κατορθώνω (katorthóno) (Greek), הִצְלִיחַ (hitzlíaḥ) (Hebrew), עָשָׂה חַיִל ('asá ḥáyil) (Hebrew), sikerül (Hungarian), riuscire (Italian), 成功する (seikō-suru) (alt: せいこうする) (Japanese), សម្រេច (sɑmrac) (Khmer), 성공하다 (seonggonghada) (Korean), succēdō (Latin), vigeō (Latin), ᦺᦡᧉᦡᦲ (ḋay²ḋii) (), tutuki (Maori), rêussi (Norman), spōwan (Old English), milkaa'uu (Oromo), dać radę [perfective] (Polish), poradzić sobie [perfective] (Polish), udać się (komu? czemu?) [perfective] (Polish), ter/obter sucesso/êxito (Portuguese), conseguir (Portuguese), reuși (Romanian), преуспе́ть (preuspétʹ) (Russian), достига́ть це́ли (dostigátʹ céli) [imperfective] (Russian), дости́чь це́ли (dostíčʹ céli) [perfective] (Russian), ထိုင်ယိူင်းမၢႆ (thǔeng yóeng mǎai) (Shan), uspeti (Slovene), conseguir (Spanish), tener éxito (Spanish), fanikiwa (Swahili), lyckas (Swedish), ประสบความสำเร็จ (Thai), ได้ดี (Thai), thành công (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb--ooD0Abe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 18 17 17 12 1 2 2 14 2 6 Disambiguation of 'To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful': 3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8
  7. (intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-kuxGl3vv
  8. (intransitive, dated) To turn out, fare, do (well or ill). Tags: dated, intransitive
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-ZBlYLPDS
  9. (transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to. Tags: transitive Synonyms (support; prosper; promote): do well Translations (To support; to prosper; to promote): edistää (Finnish), tukea (Finnish), 継ぐ (tsugu) (Japanese), 継承する (keishō suru) (Japanese), vigeō (Latin), uspeti (Slovene), fanikiwa (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-4WRbmuDi Disambiguation of 'support; prosper; promote': 1 1 2 2 2 10 14 2 58 2 2 5 Disambiguation of 'To support; to prosper; to promote': 0 0 1 2 2 10 14 2 63 1 1 3
  10. (intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-08C6Euo~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 18 17 17 12 1 2 2 14 2 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 2 8 13 16 16 10 2 4 3 12 3 10
  11. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive Translations (To fall heir to; to inherit): наследявам (nasledjavam) (Bulgarian), 继承 (jìchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), nousta valtaan (Finnish), periä (Finnish), nachfolgen (German), örököl (Hungarian), 継ぐ (tsugu) (Japanese), 相続する (sōzoku suru) (Japanese), odziedziczyć (Polish), suceder (Portuguese), naslediti (Slovene), heredar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-w5rYCkuM Disambiguation of 'To fall heir to; to inherit': 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3
  12. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go down or near (with to). Tags: intransitive, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-succeed-en-verb-Ut2z73kI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flourish, prosper, succede [dated], ensue, follow, follow on, succeed Derived forms: if at first you don't succeed, try try again, nothing succeeds like success, succedent, succeeder, succeedingly, unsucceedable Related terms: success, succession, successive, deserve, receive Translations (To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things): succeir (Catalan), paikata (Finnish), seurata (Finnish), nousta valtaan (Finnish), 続く (tsuzuku) (Japanese), 継承する (keishō suru) (Japanese), naslediti (Slovene), suceder (Spanish) Translations (To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of): διαδέχομαι (diadékhomai) (Ancient Greek), следвам (sledvam) (Bulgarian), приемник съм на (priemnik sǎm na) (Bulgarian), succeir (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (jì) (Chinese Mandarin), opvolgen (Dutch), postveni (Esperanto), seurata (Finnish), succéder (French), suceder (Galician), seguir (Galician), nachfolgen (German), διαδέχομαι (diadéchomai) (Greek), ακολουθώ (akolouthó) (Greek), követ (Hungarian), succedere (Italian), 継ぐ (tsugu) (Japanese), 継承する (keishō suru) (Japanese), succedere (Latin), taua (Maori), whakaekeeke (Maori), rīwhi (Maori), następować (Polish), seguir (Portuguese), succeda (Romanian), succede (Romanian), naslediti (Slovene), slediti (Slovene), suceder (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things': 1 1 10 40 40 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 Disambiguation of 'To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of': 5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3

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    {
      "english": "follow in order",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "precede"
    },
    {
      "word": "precede"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"obtain the object desired, accomplish what is attempted or intended\"",
      "word": "fail"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"obtain the object desired, accomplish what is attempted or intended\"",
      "word": "fall on one's face"
    },
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          "text": "Autumn succeeds summer.",
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        "(transitive) To follow something in sequence or time."
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          "text": "The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "After a contentious election, Jones succeeded Smith as president of the republic.",
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        "(intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to)."
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          "_dis1": "6 1 41 20 20 3 1 2 1 3 1 3",
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          "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
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          "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
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          "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
          "word": "継ぐ"
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          "_dis1": "6 1 41 20 20 3 1 2 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "keishō suru",
          "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
          "word": "継承する"
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          "_dis1": "6 1 41 20 20 3 1 2 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
          "word": "taua"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 41 20 20 3 1 2 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
          "word": "seguir"
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          "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
          "word": "succede"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
          "word": "succeda"
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          "_dis1": "6 1 41 20 20 3 1 2 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
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          "text": "Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne.",
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        {
          "text": "So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, the crown (or: property) falls to me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), An Analytical Digest of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, And, on Appeal, in the House of Lords, 1868 to 1922, page 159",
          "text": "An heir in possession of an entailed estate succeeded to another estate under an entail which required him to denude of one of them. Held that before making his election he could not make up a title to or disentail the second estate.",
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        "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)."
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        "(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)."
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          "text": "Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2011, The Honorable Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of England, Jazzybee Verlag, page 242",
          "text": "If he succeeded in February, 670, this would be his sixteenth year.",
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        "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).",
        "To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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).",
        "(intransitive) To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 12 6 61 2 2 3 1 5 1 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
          "word": "succeir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 12 6 61 2 2 3 1 5 1 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
          "word": "繼位"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 12 6 61 2 2 3 1 5 1 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìwèi",
          "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
          "word": "继位"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 12 6 61 2 2 3 1 5 1 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
          "word": "succeda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 12 6 61 2 2 3 1 5 1 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
          "word": "naslediti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 12 6 61 2 2 3 1 5 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
          "word": "suceder"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 7 18 17 17 12 1 2 2 14 2 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She succeeded in her efforts to repair the tank.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213",
          "text": "The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 December 22, Amy E. Stich, Carrie Freie, The Working Classes and Higher Education: Inequality of Access, Opportunity and Outcome, Routledge",
          "text": "Risk here refers to the fact that working-class families are less likely to have members who have already attended and succeeded at university, which means that university is perceived as a more uncertain and thus risky proposition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort."
      ],
      "id": "en-succeed-en-verb--ooD0Abe",
      "links": [
        [
          "prevail",
          "prevail"
        ],
        [
          "obtaining",
          "obtaining"
        ],
        [
          "objective",
          "objective"
        ],
        [
          "accomplishment",
          "accomplishment"
        ],
        [
          "prosper",
          "prosper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "najaḥa",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "نَجَحَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nagaḥ",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "نجح"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "note": "of an action",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "alınmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uspjavam",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "успявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "reeixir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "yue",
          "english": "sing⁴ gung¹",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "成功"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chénggōng",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "成功"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "uspět"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "sukcesi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "menestyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "onnistua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "réussir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "avoir du succès"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "conseguir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "erfolgreich sein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "Erfolg haben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "gelingen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "geraten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "erfolgriich sii"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "Erfolg haa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "glinge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "grate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epityncháno",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "επιτυγχάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kataférno",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "καταφέρνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katorthóno",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "κατορθώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hitzlíaḥ",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "הִצְלִיחַ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'asá ḥáyil",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "עָשָׂה חַיִל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "sikerül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "riuscire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "alt": "せいこうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seikō-suru",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "成功する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑmrac",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "សម្រេច"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seonggonghada",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "성공하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "serkewtin",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "سەرکەوتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "succēdō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "vigeō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "khb",
          "lang": "Lü",
          "roman": "ḋay²ḋii",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "ᦺᦡᧉᦡᦲ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "tutuki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "rêussi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "spōwan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "milkaa'uu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "dać radę"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "poradzić sobie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "udać się (komu? czemu?)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "ter/obter sucesso/êxito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "conseguir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "reuși"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preuspétʹ",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "преуспе́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dostigátʹ céli",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "достига́ть це́ли"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dostíčʹ céli",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "дости́чь це́ли"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "thǔeng yóeng mǎai",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "ထိုင်ယိူင်းမၢႆ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "uspeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "conseguir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "tener éxito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "fanikiwa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "lyckas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "ประสบความสำเร็จ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "ได้ดี"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 10 8 8 25 13 9 5 6 2 8",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
          "word": "thành công"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "voted most likely to succeed",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, Soil Survey, page 35",
          "text": "Legumes thrive better on this soil than on any of those derived entirely from acid materials. Applications of lime benefit clover […] Even with artificial drainage, alfalfa will not succeed, as roots cannot penetrate deep enough.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general."
      ],
      "id": "en-succeed-en-verb-kuxGl3vv",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 141",
          "text": "In some parts of Germany it is commonly believed that whatever is undertaken when the moon is on the increase succeeds well [...] whereas business undertaken in the wane of the moon is doomed to failure.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1911, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, Nursing in Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, page 74",
          "text": "An excellent hospital nurse may succeed poorly in private work, for the executive ability that means so much in the hospital counts for little in caring for a single patient.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn out, fare, do (well or ill)."
      ],
      "id": "en-succeed-en-verb-ZBlYLPDS",
      "links": [
        [
          "turn out",
          "turn out"
        ],
        [
          "fare",
          "fare"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated) To turn out, fare, do (well or ill)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1666, Edward Stillingfleet, A Sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons ... October 10 ... third edition, page 31",
          "text": "[…] and his Royal Highness, who by their presence and incouragement inspired a new life and vigour into the sinking spirits of the Citizens, whereby God was pleased so far to succeed their endeavours, that a stop was put to the fury[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to."
      ],
      "id": "en-succeed-en-verb-4WRbmuDi",
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "prosper",
          "prosper"
        ],
        [
          "promote",
          "promote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 2 2 2 10 14 2 58 2 2 5",
          "sense": "support; prosper; promote",
          "word": "do well"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 2 2 10 14 2 63 1 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
          "word": "edistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 2 2 10 14 2 63 1 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
          "word": "tukea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 2 2 10 14 2 63 1 1 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsugu",
          "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
          "word": "継ぐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 2 2 10 14 2 63 1 1 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keishō suru",
          "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
          "word": "継承する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 2 2 10 14 2 63 1 1 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
          "word": "vigeō"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 2 2 10 14 2 63 1 1 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
          "word": "uspeti"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 1 2 2 10 14 2 63 1 1 3",
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
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          "ref": "2020 September 1, David P. Barash, Threats: Intimidation and Its Discontents, Oxford University Press, page 194",
          "text": "A paterfamilias could arrange a marriage or emancipate a child without its mother's consent, and if the mother died intestate (possibly because her tutor refused to approve her will) her estate succeeded to her siblings, not to her husband or children, […]",
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        "To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to)."
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        "(intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to)."
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure",
          "text": "Else let my brother die, / If not a feodary, but only he / Owe and succeed thy weakness.",
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        {
          "ref": "2019, D. Chandra Bose, Business Law, second edition, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., page 314",
          "text": "(iv) By Transmission of Shares: A person may become a member by registration if he succeeds the estate of a deceased member.",
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        "(transitive, obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit."
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          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nasledjavam",
          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "наследявам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "jìchéng",
          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "继承"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "nousta valtaan"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "periä"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "nachfolgen"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "örököl"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsugu",
          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "継ぐ"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōzoku suru",
          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "相続する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "odziedziczyć"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "suceder"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "naslediti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 84 3",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
          "word": "heredar"
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          "ref": "1679, Edmund Spenser, The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser: Viz : The Faery Queen, …, page 293",
          "text": "Who, ever as he saw him nigh succeed, / Gan cry aloud with horrible affright, […]",
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        "To go down or near (with to)."
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        "(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go down or near (with to)."
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "prosper"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "follow"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "follow on"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sledvam",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "следвам"
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      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priemnik sǎm na",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "приемник съм на"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succeir"
    },
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      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "繼"
    },
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      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jì",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "继"
    },
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      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "opvolgen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "postveni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "seurata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succéder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "suceder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "seguir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "nachfolgen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diadéchomai",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "διαδέχομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akolouthó",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "ακολουθώ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diadékhomai",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "διαδέχομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "követ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succedere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsugu",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "継ぐ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keishō suru",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "継承する"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succedere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "taua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "whakaekeeke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "rīwhi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "następować"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "seguir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succeda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succede"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (за za + instrumental case)",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "naslediti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "slediti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 22 20 20 20 3 2 1 0 3 0 3",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "suceder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 40 40 2 1 1 0 2 0 2",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "succeir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 40 40 2 1 1 0 2 0 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "paikata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 40 40 2 1 1 0 2 0 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "seurata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 40 40 2 1 1 0 2 0 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "nousta valtaan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 40 40 2 1 1 0 2 0 2",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuzuku",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "続く"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 40 40 2 1 1 0 2 0 2",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keishō suru",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "継承する"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 40 40 2 1 1 0 2 0 2",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "naslediti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 40 40 2 1 1 0 2 0 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "suceder"
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}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "follow in order",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "precede"
    },
    {
      "word": "precede"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"obtain the object desired, accomplish what is attempted or intended\"",
      "word": "fail"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"obtain the object desired, accomplish what is attempted or intended\"",
      "word": "fall on one's face"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"support, prosper, promote\"",
      "word": "fail"
    }
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    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Swedish translations",
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    "Rhymes:English/iːd/2 syllables"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "if at first you don't succeed, try try again"
    },
    {
      "word": "nothing succeeds like success"
    },
    {
      "word": "succedent"
    },
    {
      "word": "succeeder"
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    {
      "word": "succeedingly"
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      "word": "unsucceedable"
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      "expansion": "Old French succeder",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "succedo",
        "4": "succedere",
        "5": "to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "succeeds",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "succeeding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "succeeded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "succeeded",
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        "past"
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "succeed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)",
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    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "suc‧ceed"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "success"
    },
    {
      "word": "succession"
    },
    {
      "word": "successive"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:succeed",
      "word": "deserve"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:succeed",
      "word": "receive"
    }
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      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Autumn succeeds summer.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To follow something in sequence or time."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "follow",
          "follow"
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        [
          "sequence",
          "sequence"
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        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To follow something in sequence or time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "After a contentious election, Jones succeeded Smith as president of the republic.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title."
      ],
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        [
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          "supplant"
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          "vis-à-vis"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take the place of"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subsequent",
          "subsequent"
        ],
        [
          "consequent",
          "consequent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, the crown (or: property) falls to me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), An Analytical Digest of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, And, on Appeal, in the House of Lords, 1868 to 1922, page 159",
          "text": "An heir in possession of an entailed estate succeeded to another estate under an entail which required him to denude of one of them. Held that before making his election he could not make up a title to or disentail the second estate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "next",
          "next"
        ],
        [
          "prescribe",
          "prescribe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, The Honorable Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of England, Jazzybee Verlag, page 242",
          "text": "If he succeeded in February, 670, this would be his sixteenth year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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).",
        "To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "next",
          "next"
        ],
        [
          "prescribe",
          "prescribe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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).",
        "(intransitive) To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She succeeded in her efforts to repair the tank.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213",
          "text": "The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 December 22, Amy E. Stich, Carrie Freie, The Working Classes and Higher Education: Inequality of Access, Opportunity and Outcome, Routledge",
          "text": "Risk here refers to the fact that working-class families are less likely to have members who have already attended and succeeded at university, which means that university is perceived as a more uncertain and thus risky proposition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prevail",
          "prevail"
        ],
        [
          "obtaining",
          "obtaining"
        ],
        [
          "objective",
          "objective"
        ],
        [
          "accomplishment",
          "accomplishment"
        ],
        [
          "prosper",
          "prosper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "voted most likely to succeed",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, Soil Survey, page 35",
          "text": "Legumes thrive better on this soil than on any of those derived entirely from acid materials. Applications of lime benefit clover […] Even with artificial drainage, alfalfa will not succeed, as roots cannot penetrate deep enough.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 141",
          "text": "In some parts of Germany it is commonly believed that whatever is undertaken when the moon is on the increase succeeds well [...] whereas business undertaken in the wane of the moon is doomed to failure.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1911, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, Nursing in Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, page 74",
          "text": "An excellent hospital nurse may succeed poorly in private work, for the executive ability that means so much in the hospital counts for little in caring for a single patient.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn out, fare, do (well or ill)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn out",
          "turn out"
        ],
        [
          "fare",
          "fare"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated) To turn out, fare, do (well or ill)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1666, Edward Stillingfleet, A Sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons ... October 10 ... third edition, page 31",
          "text": "[…] and his Royal Highness, who by their presence and incouragement inspired a new life and vigour into the sinking spirits of the Citizens, whereby God was pleased so far to succeed their endeavours, that a stop was put to the fury[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "prosper",
          "prosper"
        ],
        [
          "promote",
          "promote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 1, David P. Barash, Threats: Intimidation and Its Discontents, Oxford University Press, page 194",
          "text": "A paterfamilias could arrange a marriage or emancipate a child without its mother's consent, and if the mother died intestate (possibly because her tutor refused to approve her will) her estate succeeded to her siblings, not to her husband or children, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "descend",
          "descend"
        ],
        [
          "heirloom",
          "heirloom"
        ],
        [
          "devolve",
          "devolve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure",
          "text": "Else let my brother die, / If not a feodary, but only he / Owe and succeed thy weakness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, D. Chandra Bose, Business Law, second edition, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., page 314",
          "text": "(iv) By Transmission of Shares: A person may become a member by registration if he succeeds the estate of a deceased member.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall heir to; to inherit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heir",
          "heir"
        ],
        [
          "inherit",
          "inherit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1679, Edmund Spenser, The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser: Viz : The Faery Queen, …, page 293",
          "text": "Who, ever as he saw him nigh succeed, / Gan cry aloud with horrible affright, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go down or near (with to)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go down or near (with to)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/səkˈsiːd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːd"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "follow in order",
      "word": "come after"
    },
    {
      "sense": "support; prosper; promote",
      "word": "do well"
    },
    {
      "word": "flourish"
    },
    {
      "word": "prosper"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "succede"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:succeed",
      "word": "ensue"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:succeed",
      "word": "follow"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:succeed",
      "word": "follow on"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:succeed",
      "word": "succeed"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sledvam",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "следвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priemnik sǎm na",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "приемник съм на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succeir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "繼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jì",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "继"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "opvolgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "postveni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "seurata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succéder"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "suceder"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "seguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "nachfolgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diadéchomai",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "διαδέχομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akolouthó",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "ακολουθώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diadékhomai",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "διαδέχομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "követ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsugu",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "継ぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keishō suru",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "継承する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "taua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "whakaekeeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "rīwhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "następować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "seguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succeda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "succede"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (за za + instrumental case)",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "naslediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "slediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of",
      "word": "suceder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "najaḥa",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "نَجَحَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nagaḥ",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "نجح"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "note": "of an action",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "alınmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uspjavam",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "успявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "reeixir"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "sing⁴ gung¹",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "成功"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénggōng",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "成功"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "uspět"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "sukcesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "menestyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "onnistua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "réussir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "avoir du succès"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "conseguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "erfolgreich sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "Erfolg haben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "gelingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "geraten"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "erfolgriich sii"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "Erfolg haa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "glinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "grate"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epityncháno",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "επιτυγχάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kataférno",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "καταφέρνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katorthóno",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "κατορθώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitzlíaḥ",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "הִצְלִיחַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'asá ḥáyil",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "עָשָׂה חַיִל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "sikerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "riuscire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいこうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seikō-suru",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "成功する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑmrac",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "សម្រេច"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seonggonghada",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "성공하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "serkewtin",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "سەرکەوتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "succēdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "vigeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "ḋay²ḋii",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "ᦺᦡᧉᦡᦲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "tutuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "rêussi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "spōwan"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "milkaa'uu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dać radę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poradzić sobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "udać się (komu? czemu?)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "ter/obter sucesso/êxito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "conseguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "reuși"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preuspétʹ",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "преуспе́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostigátʹ céli",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "достига́ть це́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostíčʹ céli",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дости́чь це́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "thǔeng yóeng mǎai",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "ထိုင်ယိူင်းမၢႆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "uspeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "conseguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "tener éxito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "fanikiwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "lyckas"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "ประสบความสำเร็จ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "ได้ดี"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful",
      "word": "thành công"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasledjavam",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "наследявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìchéng",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "继承"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "nousta valtaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "periä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "nachfolgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "örököl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsugu",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "継ぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōzoku suru",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "相続する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "odziedziczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "suceder"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "naslediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To fall heir to; to inherit",
      "word": "heredar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sledvam",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "следвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "seguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "seurata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsugu",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "継ぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keishō suru",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "継承する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "taua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "seguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "succede"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "succeda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue",
      "word": "slediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
      "word": "edistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
      "word": "tukea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsugu",
      "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
      "word": "継ぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keishō suru",
      "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
      "word": "継承する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
      "word": "vigeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
      "word": "uspeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "To support; to prosper; to promote",
      "word": "fanikiwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "succeir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "paikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "seurata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "nousta valtaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuzuku",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "続く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keishō suru",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "継承する"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "naslediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things",
      "word": "suceder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
      "word": "succeir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
      "word": "繼位"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìwèi",
      "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
      "word": "继位"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
      "word": "succeda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
      "word": "naslediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant",
      "word": "suceder"
    }
  ],
  "word": "succeed"
}

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