| query | If you s______ another person, you are the next person to have their job or position.If you succeed another person, you are the next person to have their job or position. David is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1. George III succeeded to the throne in 1760. |
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| word | succeed |
| full-definition | verb If you succeed in doing something, you manage to do it. We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of Defense. Some people will succeed in their efforts to stop smoking. If they can succeed in America and Europe, then they can succeed here too. If something succeeds, it works in a satisfactory way or has the result that is intended . Your staff want your business to succeed as much as you do. ...a move which would make any future talks even more unlikely to succeed. Someone who succeeds gains a high position in what they do, for example in business or politics . ...the skills and qualities needed to succeed in small and medium-sized businesses. If you succeed another person, you are the next person to have their job or position. David is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1. George III succeeded to the throne in 1760. If one thing is succeeded by another thing, the other thing happens or comes after it. All political systems will collapse eventually and be succeeded by others. |
| inflections | succeedssucceedingsucceeded |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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