Dictionary Entry
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.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To fall heir to; to inherit.
- 3transitive verb
To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
- 4transitive verb
To support; to prosper; to promote.
- 5intransitive 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.
- 6intransitive verb
Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
- 7intransitive verb
To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
- 8intransitive 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.
- 9intransitive verb
To go under cover.
- 10verb
be the successor (of)
"Carter followed Ford"
"Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
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- 11verb
attain success or reach a desired goal
"The enterprise succeeded"
"We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"
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