succeed
verb (used without object)
to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result.
will succeed
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future tenseof succeed.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Ezzell, currently vice president of financial planning and analysis, treasurer and investor relations, will succeed Amy Schwetz as senior vice president and chief financial officer on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
That is, in part, why he is sceptical about whether the prime minister will succeed in ending rough sleeping.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Whether this legal challenge will succeed depends in part on whether judges will continue to defer to the president on these particular levies, no matter how much they deviate from previous practice.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Batista Filho, who currently leads the company’s U.S. business, will succeed Gilberto Tomazoni.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
But Tío Toni isn’t so sure the plan will succeed.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
