succeed
verb (used without object)
to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result.
had succeeded
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past perfectof succeed.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Earlier experiments had succeeded only with extremely thin magnetic structures containing no more than three magnetic layers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
But by 1992, May Wah had succeeded in evicting the last two tenants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
A military official within the government told AFP that the Houthis had succeeded on Saturday evening in "cutting off the road linking Taiz to Mokha."
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The agent replied saying it had succeeded by cancelling another gym-goer's booking.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
They had succeeded, as a matter of fact, after putting in complicated and persevering days at it.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
