"succeed" meaning in English

See succeed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /səkˈsiːd/ Audio: en-us-succeed.ogg [US] Forms: succeed [canonical], succeeds [third-person, singular], succeeded [past], succeeded [past, participle], succeeding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something succeeds, it has happened the way somebody wants it to happen.
    Sense id: simple-succeed-en-verb-m9KnZIoo Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you succeed, people recognize that you are good at what you do.
    Sense id: simple-succeed-en-verb-8XbckxOS Categories (other): Verbs
  3. If x succeeds y, x replaces y.
    Sense id: simple-succeed-en-verb-g~A0w62N Categories (other): Verbs
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