Kilo Lingo

succeed

/səkˈsiːd/

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Translation

To do well the thing that you were trying to do.

Word origin

From Latin succedere, meaning to come after or to go up and prosper.

Origin
Latin
Root
succedere

Grammar

Verb typeregular (succeed, succeeds, succeeded)

Examples

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Here "succeed" means to do well the thing you tried to do.

everything .

"Succeeds" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Succeeded" is the past form of "succeed".

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This word is part of lesson 18.