English > succeed: 2 senses > verb 1, socialMeaning | attain success or reach a desired goal / goal. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
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Model | The business is going to succeed |
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Examples | - "The enterprise succeeded"
- "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"
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Synonyms | win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods |
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Entails | try, seek, attempt, essay, assay | make an effort or attempt |
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Narrower | achieve, accomplish, attain, reach | To gain with effort |
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arrive, make it, get in, go far | succeed in a big way |
hit | hit the intended target or goal |
luck out, hit the jackpot | succeed by luck |
nail down, nail, peg | succeed in obtaining a position |
pan out | Be a success |
pass, clear | Go unchallenged |
pass, make it | go successfully through a test or a selection process |
pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage | Be successful |
run | make without a miss |
work, act | Have an effect or outcome |
Opposite | fail, go wrong, miscarry | Be unsuccessful |
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Spanish | acceder, conseguir, cumplir lo prometido, ganar, lograr, salir adelante, tener éxito, triumfar, triunfar |
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Catalan | aconseguir, triomfar |
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Nouns | succeeder | a person with a record / record of successes |
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