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• past tense form of succeed.
• past participle 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

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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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

succeeded

Just because they haven’t succeeded, and they’re deplorably bad at it, does that mean we shouldn’t worry, or doesn’t it matter how bad you are at it.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

Mr. Peterson was succeeded as chancellor last year by the psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Darren Gold, who succeeded Gonzales-Torres as board president, alleged that she falsely accused him of shaking her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Earlier experiments had succeeded only with extremely thin magnetic structures containing no more than three magnetic layers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

"Despite all their tricks," he remembered, "I had succeeded in keeping from them the most important things I knew."

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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