English to English verb
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attain success or reach a desired goal |  | Example: The enterprise succeeded We succeeded in getting tickets to the show she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
source: wordnet30
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be the successor (of) |  | Example: Carter followed Ford Will Charles succeed to the throne?
source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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