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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): success, succeed, successful, unsuccessful, successfully, unsuccessfully
Xem thêm: win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, come after, follow
succeed verb
1 manage to achieve what you want; do well
ADV. admirably, brilliantly, well The plan succeeded pretty well. | not quite | nearly They very nearly succeeded in blowing up the parliament building. | largely We feel that we have largely succeeded in our aims. | partially, partly | eventually, finally | apparently | academically the pressure on children to succeed academically
VERB + SUCCEED be likely/unlikely to The appeal is unlikely to succeed. | be determined to, hope to, want to No company can hope to succeed at everything.
PREP. against to succeed against serious opposition | at She can teach you how to succeed at tennis. | in She has succeeded in a difficult career. We succeeded in repairing the engine. | with hints on how to succeed with interior design
2 have a job/position after sb else
VERB + SUCCEED appoint sb to, elect sb to He was appointed to succeed Sir Georg Solti as head of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. | be tipped to
PREP. as He was widely tipped to succeed William Hague as leader of the party. | to She succeeded to the throne in 1558.
v.
The enterprise succeeded
We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
Carter followed Ford
Will Charles succeed to the throne?