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succeed

verb

1 succeed

Attain success or reach a desired goal:
— The enterprise succeeded.
— We succeeded in getting tickets to the show.

synonyms: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, win.

Roget 731: succeed; be successful etc. adj.; gain one's end, gain one's ends; crown with success.    gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object; get there [U.S.]; ... show more

Roget 783: transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant etc. (confer) 784; consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, ... show more

Dutch: gaan, gelukken, lukken, slagen

2 succeed

Be the successor (of):
— Will Charles succeed to the throne?.

synonyms: come after, follow.

Roget 63: succeed; come after, come on, come next; follow, ensue, step into the shoes of; alternate.    place after, suffix, append.   

Roget 117: follow after etc. 281, come after, go after; succeed, supervene; ensue, occur; step into the shoes of.   

Dutch: opvolgen


Moby thesaurus: accomplish, achieve, act for, advance, arrive, attain, attend, be a gas, be a hit, be a success, be blooded, be successful, be victorious, bill, bomb, boom, break the record, bring off, bring through, c ... show more.

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