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# succeed

«succeed» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do what you tried or hoped to do** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (succeed, succeeds, succeeded, succeeding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To succeed is to do what you tried or hoped to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#m1)

2) To succeed someone is to come after them and take their place, like a new king succeeding an old one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#m2)

3) To succeed can mean to do well in life or in a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, teachers encourage pupils: «If at first you don't succeed, try, try again». In stories, heroes try many times before they succeed. In history, a prince succeeds his father as king. Phrases: «succeed in doing something», «succeed at», «succeed to the throne».

### examples

- She succeeded in climbing to the top of the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#x1)
- If at first you don't succeed, try again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#x2)
- With practice, you will succeed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#x3)
- He finally succeeded in tying his shoelaces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#x4)
- The prince succeeded his father as king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#x5)
- Our plan to surprise Mum succeeded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#x6)
- Working together helps everyone succeed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#x7)
- All of them tried, but only one succeeded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: «succeeded». Spelling: double c and double e: s-u-c-c-e-e-d. Say «succeed in doing» (not «succeed to do»). Noun: «success»; adjective: «successful». Opposite: «fail».

### In the corpora

- [Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; host succeeding host against me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.251/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «succeed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succeed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.