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• past participle of succeed.
• past tense form of succeed.

succeeded

American  

[suhk-see-did] / səkˈsi dɪd /

adjective

1. having followed or replaced another by descent, election, appointment, etc..

   After his father had been executed, discussions took place between the newly succeeded king and representatives from Scotland.

2. having turned out as planned, desired, or hoped; successful.

   The project, combining breakdancing and Bach, is a perfectly succeeded blend of high culture with street art.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of succeed.

Other Word Forms

• unsucceeded
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of succeeded

First recorded in 1890–95; succeed ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; succeed ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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succeeded

In Ashley's letter, seen by the BBC and first reported by the Financial Times,, external he hit out at announcements made since Burnham succeeded Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Previous attempts to print GRCop-42 using the lower wattages available on more common commercial machines had not succeeded.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Silicon Valley has long been obsessed with using artificial intelligence to create personal assistants, but most of those ventures haven’t succeeded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

In 2023, a French nurse who had worked night shifts for 28 years and been exposed to radiation succeeded in having her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

He flung his huge pelican wings out to catch himself, but only succeeded in knocking down both Normans, too.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness