succeed
1. attain success or reach a desired goal (Freq. 28)
- The enterprise succeeded
- We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
- she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
• Syn:
win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
• Ant:
fail
• Derivationally related forms:
winner (for: win), succeeder
• Hyponyms:
hit, pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off,
manage, pass, clear, luck out, hit the jackpot, nail down,
nail, peg, make it, run, work, act,
pan out, achieve, accomplish, attain, reach, arrive,
get in, go far
• Entailment:
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- The business is going to succeed
2. be the successor (of) (Freq. 12)
- Carter followed Ford
- Will Charles succeed to the throne?
• Syn:
come after, follow
• Ant:
precede
• Derivationally related forms:
successive, succession, successor
• Hyponyms:
accede, enter, supplant, replace, supersede,
supervene upon, supercede
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
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