succeed
verb (used without object)
to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result.
succeeds
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present tense formof succeed (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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He succeeds Peter Alexander, who left “Saturday Today” in March to become a daytime anchor at MS NOW.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
And, as the Eagles now demonstrate, even if the plan succeeds and leads to a shower of confetti, they still have to pay the check.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
If it succeeds, DeepSeek could potentially go public ahead of OpenAI and fellow Chinese AI developer Moonshot AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Reporting Scotland: News at Seven succeeds in bringing our audience closer to the day's news and has been incredibly effective at adding context from experts and from a first-person experience.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
After a while, one actually succeeds in a dual role.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
