succeed
(verb)
verb
1. attain success or reach a desired goal
- The enterprise succeeded
- We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
Similar word(s): win
Definition categories: social
2. be the successor (of)
- Will Charles succeed to the throne?
Similar word(s): follow
Definition categories: social
Sentences with succeed as a verb:
- The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
- Autumn succeeds summer.
- So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king.