Слово англійською: succeed
Дієслово
Переклад succeed українською: вда́тися що кому́ (ви́ступ і т. д.), досягти́ у́спіху у чо́му, вда́тися (за́дум і т. д.), зайня́ти, успадкува́ти (чию́сь поса́ду)
Детальний опис
- [intransitive] to achieve something that you have been trying to do or get; to have the result or effect that was intended
- Our plan succeeded.
- Whether we succeed or fail depends on ingenuity and luck.
- succeed in doing something 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).
opposite fail (1) see also success
- [intransitive] to be successful in your job, earning money, power, respect, etc.
- You will have to work hard if you are to succeed.
- succeed in something She doesn't have the ruthlessness required to succeed in business.
- succeed as something He had hoped to succeed as a violinist.
see also success
- [transitive] succeed somebody/something to come next after somebody/something and take their/its place or position synonym follow
- Who succeeded Kennedy as President?
- Their early success was succeeded by a period of miserable failure.
- Strands of DNA are reproduced through succeeding generations.
see also succession - [intransitive] succeed (to something) to gain the right to a title, property, etc. when somebody dies
- She succeeded to the throne (= became queen) in 1558.
- He had no right to succeed to the tenancy when his father died.
see also succession Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French succeder or Latin succedere ‘come close after’, from sub- ‘close to’ + cedere ‘go’.
Idioms nothing succeeds like success
- (saying) when you are successful in one area of your life, it often leads to success in other areasTopics Successc2