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[ verb ] attain success or reach a desired goal
Examples "The enterprise succeeded" "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show" "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" Used in print ("Editorials"...)With the neutralists maintaining pressure for one of their own to succeed Mr._Hammarskjold , U_Thant emerged as the only possible candidate unlikely to be waylaid by a veto . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)According_to the Food_and_Drug_Administration ( FDA ) , `` Doctor '' Ghadiali , Dr._Albert_Abrams and his clique , and Dr._Wilhelm_Reich - to name three notorious device quacks - succeeded , respectively , in distributing 10000 , 5000 , and 2000 fake health machines . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)When she succeeds , she usually manages to slip_in unobtrusively , to deposit an egg on a completed loaf of beebread before the bumblebees seal the egg compartment . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)Giselle was reluctant but Alex succeeded in persuading her to come_back in five minutes and the door was shut again . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)They succeeded in eluding the curious at the hotel , but there was no chance of avoiding them at the nightclub . |
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[ verb ] be the successor (of)
Synonyms Examples "Carter followed Ford" "Will Charles succeed to the throne? Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)He will be succeeded by Ivan_Allen_Jr. , who became a candidate in the Sept. 13 primary after Mayor_Hartsfield announced that he would not run for reelection . He will be succeeded by Rob_Ledford of Gainesville , who has been an assistant more than three years . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Dr._Clark will succeed Dr._J._R._McLemore , who will retire at the close of the present school_term . (The New York Times,...)He succeeds Buck_Shaw , who retired at the end of last season . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)She was succeeded by Clarence_Goyette . |
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