succeed

[səkˈsiːd]

Definition:
1. Attain success or reach a desired goal.
2. Be the successor (of).

Use 'succeed' in a sentence:

• 1. He is determined that you shall succeed.
• 2. This time we really need to succeed or else people will start giving us funny looks.
• 3. She succeeded in poisoning their minds against me.
• 4. Your claim ought to succeed, in which case the damages will be substantial.
• 5. I have a sneaking suspicion that they are going to succeed.
• 6. The talks can succeed if both sides are flexible and serious.
• 7. She succeeded to the throne in 1558.
• 8. The thief tried to buy off the policeman, but he did not succeed.
• 9. He succeeded in propelling the ball across the line.
• 10. Who's to say we would not have succeeded if we'd had more time?
• 11. He has a ruthless determination to succeed.
• 12. She's the favourite to succeed him as leader.
• 13. She never wavered in her determination to succeed.
• 14. Persevere and you'll succeed.
• 15. He proved himself determined to succeed.
• 16. If they succeed, then they will have reshaped the political and economic map of the world.
• 17. They are waiting anxiously to see who will succeed him.
• 18. The announcement only succeeded in creating confusion.
• 19. They will surely succeed.
• 20. Hard work is the name of the game if you want to succeed in business.
• 21. I'm determined to succeed.
• 22. She succeeded in working undisturbed for a few hours.
• 23. He succeeded in carving out a career in the media.
• 24. Believe in yourself, or you'll never succeed.
• 25. If you want to succeed in business you have to suss out the competition.
• 26. He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed.
• 27. To succeed in show business, you need buckets of confidence.
• 28. Barring accidents, I believe they will succeed.
• 29. I had always impressed upon the children that if they worked hard they would succeed in life.
• 30. His critics write him off as too cautious to succeed.
• 31. It was ludicrous to think that the plan could succeed.
• 32. They have small hope of succeeding.
• 33. You will have to work hard if you are to succeed.
• 34. We should not allow them to succeed.
• 35. Demonstrators succeeded in disrupting the meeting.
• 36. It's a jungle out there—you've got to be strong to succeed.
• 37. Sooner or later we will succeed.
• 38. They should abandon the conventional wisdom and, instead, dare to succeed.
• 39. It was very important psychologically for us to succeed.
• 40. David Rowland is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1.
• 41. To everyone's surprise, the plan succeeded.
• 42. In the past he has pooh-poohed suggestions that he might succeed Isaacs.
• 43. His son, Arthur Ochs Junior, is expected to succeed him as publisher.
• 44. I will persist until I succeed.
• 45. Their early success was succeeded by a period of miserable failure.
• 46. He was too inexperienced and too inexpert to succeed.
• 47. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
• 48. Our plan succeeded.
• 49. She means to succeed.
• 50. Who succeeded Kennedy as President?
• 51. I did it with the best intentions, but I only succeeded in annoying them.
• 52. The project seemed unlikely to succeed.