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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{IPA|/səkˈsiːd/}}
* {{audio|en-us-succeed.ogg|US}}
* {{hyph|suc|ceed}}

== Verb ==
{{verb}}
# {{intransitive}} If something '''succeeds''', it has [[happen]]ed the way somebody wants it to happen.
#: ''He '''succeeded''' in getting everyone to like him.''
# {{intransitive}} If you '''succeed''', people [[recognize]] that you are good at what you do.
#: ''It's more difficult for women to '''succeed''' in business.''
# {{intransitive}} If <math>x</math> '''succeeds''' <math>y</math>, <math>x</math> [[replace]]s <math>y</math>.
#: ''The new king '''succeeded''' his father.''
#: ''DVDs '''succeeded''' VHS as the main way to watch movies.''

=== Related words ===
* [[success]]
* [[succession]]
* [[successive]]
* [[succeeding]]
* [[successful]]
* [[successfully]]
* [[unsuccessful]]
* [[unsuccessfully]]