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succeed
(s/@/k's/i/d )

verb (v)

  • attain success or reach a desired goal(verb.social)
    Example:
    The enterprise succeeded.
    We succeeded in getting tickets to the show.
    source: wordnet30
  • be the successor (of)(verb.social)
    Example:
    Will Charles succeed to the throne?.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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