succeed
succeed is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
- transitive verb. To fall heir to; to inherit.
- transitive verb. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
- transitive verb. To support; to prosper; to promote.
- intransitive verb. 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 verb. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
- intransitive verb. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
- intransitive verb. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.
- intransitive verb. To go under cover.
- verb. be the successor (of)
"Carter followed Ford"
"Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
- verb. attain success or reach a desired goal
"The enterprise succeeded"
"We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"
Synonyms
Common word forms
succeeds, succeeded, succeeder, succeeding, succeedable
Words from these letters
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