succeed
verb (used without object)
to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result.
will have succeeded
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future perfectof succeed.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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If Claire Hanna succeeds in her declared intention of growing the SDLP’s electoral reach she will have succeeded where her predecessors have failed in recent times.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
This show hasn’t gotten great reviews so far, but if it can make that suffering real — if it can humanize the origins of this monstrous tragedy — it will have succeeded at something worthy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2017
“Pretty soon, we’ll all be dead and they will have succeeded at covering this whole thing up.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2016
"It's more than a bit fanciful that where John Kerry failed to persuade Vladimir Putin to abandon the S-300s sale to Syria, Benjamin Netanyahu will have succeeded," says Syria specialist Michael Weiss.
From BBC ● May 27, 2013
If this be the fruit of your labors, you will have succeeded; if not, you will have failed.
From Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by John Charles Van Dyke
