succeed

1. (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.Examples: "Autumn succeeds summer."; "Destructive effects […] succeeded the curse."transitive

2. (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.Examples: "The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne."; "After a contentious election, Jones succeeded Smith as president of the republic."Synonyms: take the place of, come aftertransitive

3. (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).Examples: "Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin."intransitive

4. (intransitive) 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).Examples: "Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne."; "So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, the crown (or: property) falls to me."; "An heir in possession of an entailed estate succeeded to another estate under an entail which required him to denude of one of them. Held that before making his election he could not make up a title to or disentail the second estate."intransitive

5. (intransitive) 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).Examples: "Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died."; "If he succeeded in February, 670, this would be his sixteenth year."intransitive

6. (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.Examples: "The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime."; "She succeeded in her efforts to repair the tank."; "The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order."intransitive