0 present participle of succeed
1 If you succeed, you achieve something that you have been aiming for, and if a plan or piece of work succeeds, it has the results that you wanted:
She's been trying to pass her driving test for six years and she's finally succeeded.
You need to be pretty tough to succeed in the property world.
The campaign has certainly succeeded in raising public awareness of the issue.
humorous Richard succeeded in offending (= managed unintentionally to offend) just about everybody in the room!
She has the drive to succeed.
There is no reason why we shouldn't succeed.
Most couples would agree that for a marriage to succeed, both parties have to work at it.
He is unlikely to succeed in getting his bill through Congress, however worthy it is.
The book has three parts : a brief introduction and a useful overview of succeeding chapters by the editors.
This was a desperate attempt by whig leaders to embarrass a succeeding tory government and carry themselves back into office.
Getting this right can be quite tricky and not doing it may prevent cut or contraction elimination from succeeding correctly.
