suc·ceed 
/səkˈsi:d/ verb
suc·ceeds; suc·ceed·ed; suc·ceed·ing /səkˈsi:d/ verb 1 [no obj] a : to do what you are trying to do : to achieve the correct or desired result
▪ You can succeed where others failed. ▪ She hopes to succeed [=to do well] at her job. — often + in ▪ He will never succeed in this business. [=he will never be successful in this business] ▪ Our team succeeded in stopping their offensive momentum. ▪ She finally succeeded in persuading me to go. ▪ I tried to apologize but only succeeded in making her angrier. [=all I did was make her angrier when I tried to apologize]
b : to happen in the planned or desired way
▪ The plan just might succeed. ▪ Their attempt seemed unlikely to succeed. 2 a [+ obj] : to come after (something) in a series
▪ The new model will succeed [=replace] the current one next spring.
b : to get a particular job, position, or title after the person who had it before you has retired, died, etc. [+ obj] ▪ Both of them have ambitions to succeed the prime minister. ▪ She will succeed him as chair of the committee. ▪ The Queen died and was succeeded by James I. [no obj] ▪ James I succeeded to the throne upon the Queen's death in 1603.
▪ You can succeed where others failed. ▪ She hopes to succeed [=to do well] at her job. — often + in ▪ He will never succeed in this business. [=he will never be successful in this business] ▪ Our team succeeded in stopping their offensive momentum. ▪ She finally succeeded in persuading me to go. ▪ I tried to apologize but only succeeded in making her angrier. [=all I did was make her angrier when I tried to apologize]
b : to happen in the planned or desired way
▪ The plan just might succeed. ▪ Their attempt seemed unlikely to succeed.
▪ The new model will succeed [=replace] the current one next spring.
b : to get a particular job, position, or title after the person who had it before you has retired, died, etc. [+ obj] ▪ Both of them have ambitions to succeed the prime minister. ▪ She will succeed him as chair of the committee. ▪ The Queen died and was succeeded by James I. [no obj] ▪ James I succeeded to the throne upon the Queen's death in 1603.
nothing succeeds like success
— used to say that one success often results in another success
