Succeed
verb
To achieve the results you want or were hoping for.
He is determined to succeed in his chosen career.
Often appears as...
- succeed in achieving
- succeed in doing
verb
To follow after another person in a job or role, and usually do as well as or better than they did.
He succeeded his father as head of the business.
Often appears as...
- succeed to the throne
- succeed in office
verb
To happen and perform its function or role in the expected or correct way.
If everything succeeds according to plan, we should be finished by next week.
Often appears as...
- succeed in accordance with
- plan succeeds
verb
To come directly after something or someone in a series.
The minutes of the previous meeting succeed the agenda on the schedule.
Often appears as...
- succeed in order
- item succeeds
verb
To achieve the results you want or were hoping for.
He is determined to succeed in his chosen career.
Often appears as...
- succeed in achieving
- succeed in doing
verb
To follow after another person in a job or role, and usually do as well as or better than they did.
He succeeded his father as head of the business.
Often appears as...
- succeed to the throne
- succeed in office
verb
To happen and perform its function or role in the expected or correct way.
If everything succeeds according to plan, we should be finished by next week.
Often appears as...
- succeed in accordance with
- plan succeeds
verb
To come directly after something or someone in a series.
The minutes of the previous meeting succeed the agenda on the schedule.
Often appears as...
- succeed in order
- item succeeds
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Personal goals
Use 'succeed' when discussing personal achievements or fulfilling objectives.
She studied hard and succeeded in passing the exam.
Pro Tip 2/3With prepositions
'Succeed' often pairs with 'in' to create phrases like 'succeed in life' or 'succeed in business'.
Mark wants to succeed in sports.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive outcome
Indicates a favorable result, especially after facing difficulties or obstacles.
Despite the setbacks, the team succeeded.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal goals
Use 'succeed' when discussing personal achievements or fulfilling objectives.
She studied hard and succeeded in passing the exam.
Pro Tip 2/3With prepositions
'Succeed' often pairs with 'in' to create phrases like 'succeed in life' or 'succeed in business'.
Mark wants to succeed in sports.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive outcome
Indicates a favorable result, especially after facing difficulties or obstacles.
Despite the setbacks, the team succeeded.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal goals
Use 'succeed' when discussing personal achievements or fulfilling objectives.
She studied hard and succeeded in passing the exam.
Pro Tip 2/3With prepositions
'Succeed' often pairs with 'in' to create phrases like 'succeed in life' or 'succeed in business'.
Mark wants to succeed in sports.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive outcome
Indicates a favorable result, especially after facing difficulties or obstacles.
Despite the setbacks, the team succeeded.
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How big is infinity? -...
I'm going to show you that you didn't succeed, by producing a decimal that is not on your list. I'll construct my decimal one place at a time. For the first decimal place of my number, I'll look at the first decimal place of your first number. If it's a one, I'll make mine a two; otherwise I'll make mine a one. For the second place of my number,
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Learning from smallpox:...
and eliminate it from that region. Once this strategy had succeeded in ridding most industrialized countries from disease, health officials realized that eradicating it worldwide was within reach. But this was not an easy process, proving especially difficult in places suffering from poor infrastructure
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Can you solve the...
Otherwise, the label is dropping you. You have three minutes to think about it before we start. The band is in despair. After all, each musician only has a 50% chance of finding their instrument by picking five random boxes. And the chances that all ten will succeed are even lower -
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
teeth too under a magnifying lens you can see rings in our teeth they were laid down every day in the development of the tooth so you can tell how old that tooth is and if you calculate and add up the rings in one tooth and you happen to have the tooth of succeeding
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What happens when you...
Scoville decided to remove H.M.'s hippocampus, a part of the limbic system that was associated with emotion but whose function was unknown. At first glance, the operation had succeeded. H.M.'s seizures virtually disappeared, with no change in personality,
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The Egyptian Book of the...
regular people could also reach the afterlife if they succeeded in the passage. Ani's epic journey begins with his death. His body is mummified by a team of priests who remove every organ except the heart, the seat of emotion, memory, and intelligence.
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Fact-checking the Bible...
head and said that's a who-cares question that was my first lesson on TV not all trivia is the same there are who cares questions and you don't want those you need a game show succeeds when the person at home can play along and that
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The three different ways...
Whether placental, marsupial, or monotreme, each of these creatures and its unique birthing methods, however bizarre, have succeeded for many millennia in bringing new life and diversity into the mammal kingdom.
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Are Crows the Ultimate...
But this is the first time he's seen them arranged like this. Eight separate stages that must be completed in a particular order if the puzzle is to be solved. If the bird succeeds, it'll be a world first.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And I think you and I, I think, honestly, that we can feel proud and encouraged to see the way that compassion actually has the power to succeed in stopping the suffering of millions.
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How big is infinity? -...
I'm going to show you that you didn't succeed, by producing a decimal that is not on your list. I'll construct my decimal one place at a time. For the first decimal place of my number, I'll look at the first decimal place of your first number. If it's a one, I'll make mine a two; otherwise I'll make mine a one. For the second place of my number,
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Learning from smallpox:...
and eliminate it from that region. Once this strategy had succeeded in ridding most industrialized countries from disease, health officials realized that eradicating it worldwide was within reach. But this was not an easy process, proving especially difficult in places suffering from poor infrastructure
Video examples
Can you solve the...
Otherwise, the label is dropping you. You have three minutes to think about it before we start. The band is in despair. After all, each musician only has a 50% chance of finding their instrument by picking five random boxes. And the chances that all ten will succeed are even lower -
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
teeth too under a magnifying lens you can see rings in our teeth they were laid down every day in the development of the tooth so you can tell how old that tooth is and if you calculate and add up the rings in one tooth and you happen to have the tooth of succeeding
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What happens when you...
Scoville decided to remove H.M.'s hippocampus, a part of the limbic system that was associated with emotion but whose function was unknown. At first glance, the operation had succeeded. H.M.'s seizures virtually disappeared, with no change in personality,
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
regular people could also reach the afterlife if they succeeded in the passage. Ani's epic journey begins with his death. His body is mummified by a team of priests who remove every organ except the heart, the seat of emotion, memory, and intelligence.
Video examples
Fact-checking the Bible...
head and said that's a who-cares question that was my first lesson on TV not all trivia is the same there are who cares questions and you don't want those you need a game show succeeds when the person at home can play along and that
Video examples
The three different ways...
Whether placental, marsupial, or monotreme, each of these creatures and its unique birthing methods, however bizarre, have succeeded for many millennia in bringing new life and diversity into the mammal kingdom.
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Are Crows the Ultimate...
But this is the first time he's seen them arranged like this. Eight separate stages that must be completed in a particular order if the puzzle is to be solved. If the bird succeeds, it'll be a world first.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And I think you and I, I think, honestly, that we can feel proud and encouraged to see the way that compassion actually has the power to succeed in stopping the suffering of millions.
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Eminem
American Rapper
Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have?
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Lewis Hamilton
British Driver
My dad wanted me to have a better life than he had ever had. He wanted us to succeed so badly. And I never wanted to let him down.
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Christopher Columbus
Italian Explorer
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
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LeBron James
American Basketball Player
You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.
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Napoleon Hill
American Author
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
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Michael Jordan
American Basketball Player
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.
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Eminem
American Rapper
Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have?
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Lewis Hamilton
British Driver
My dad wanted me to have a better life than he had ever had. He wanted us to succeed so badly. And I never wanted to let him down.
Quote examples
Christopher Columbus
Italian Explorer
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
Quote examples
LeBron James
American Basketball Player
You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.
Quote examples
Napoleon Hill
American Author
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
Quote examples
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
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Michael Jordan
American Basketball Player
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.
Example 1 of 10
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