1 [V] ~ (in doing sth) to achieve sth that you have been trying to do or get; to have the result or effect that was intended:
Our plan succeeded. * He succeeded in getting a place at art school. * I tried to discuss it with her but only succeeded in making her angry (= I failed and did the opposite of what I intended).
seealsoSUCCESS
2 [V] ~ (in sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for succeed is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is succeed a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, succeed is tagged as verb.
Does succeed appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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