Suceed vs. Succeed: What's the Difference?
Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on October 10, 2023
The incorrect spelling is "Suceed," while the correct spelling is "Succeed." Succeed is a verb meaning to achieve a desired aim or outcome.
Which is correct: Suceed or Succeed
How to spell Succeed?
Suceed is Incorrect
Succeed is Correct
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Key Differences
The word "succeed" has two 'c's and two 'e's, as in "CCEE," which can remind you of "Can Certainly Earn Excellence."
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Think of "succeed" as the sum of "suc-" and "-ceed"; both have a 'c.'
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Remember that "success" is the noun form of "succeed," and both have two 'c's and two 's's.
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Use the phrase "To succeed, see two 'c's," which sounds similar but includes the correct spelling.
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Oct 09, 2023
Relate "succeed" to "proceed" and "exceed," which also have double 'e's and 'c's.
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Oct 09, 2023
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Suceed and Succeed Definitions
Succeed
Succeed denotes thriving or prospering in a field.
He succeeded in business.
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Succeed
Succeed refers to gaining approval or acceptance.
His ideas succeeded with the committee.
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Succeed
Succeed means to replace someone in a specific role or position.
The assistant succeeded the manager.
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Succeed
To come next in time or order
She fell sick, and what succeeded was an outpouring of concern from her fans.
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Succeed
To replace another in office or position
The prince succeeded to the throne.
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Succeed
To accomplish something desired or intended
"Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne'er succeed" (Emily Dickinson).
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Succeed
To come after (something) in time or order; follow
Winter succeeds autumn.
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Succeed
(transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.
Autumn succeeds summer.
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Succeed
(transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
After a contentious election, Jones succeeded Smith as president of the republic.
Take the place of
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Succeed
(intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; often with to.
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Succeed
(intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; often with to.
Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne.
So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, the crown (or: property) falls to me.
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Succeed
(intransitive) To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died.
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Succeed
(intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime.
She succeeded in her efforts to repair the tank.
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Succeed
(intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
Voted most likely to succeed
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Succeed
(intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; often with to.
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Succeed
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
As he saw him nigh succeed.
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Succeed
To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse.
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Succeed
To support; to prosper; to promote.
Succeed my wish and second my design.
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Succeed
To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; - often with to.
If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership.
Enjoy till I returnShort pleasures; for long woes are to succeed!
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Succeed
To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
No woman shall succeed in Salique land.
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Succeed
To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
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Succeed
To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.
It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition.
Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English.
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Succeed
Attain success or reach a desired goal;
The enterprise succeeded
We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
She struggled to overcome her handicap and won
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Succeed
Be the successor (of);
Carter followed Ford
Will Charles succeed to the throne?
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Succeed
Succeed can also imply following another in sequence.
Who will succeed the current leader?
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FAQs
Why is it called Succeed?
It comes from the Latin word "succedere" meaning "to come after, go near to."
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Which preposition is used with Succeed?
"In" is often used as in "succeed in something."
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Oct 09, 2023
Which vowel is used before Succeed?
The indefinite articles "a" or "an" can precede a noun that follows "succeed."
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Which conjunction is used with Succeed?
Conjunctions like "and" or "but" can be used in a sentence with "succeed."
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Which article is used with Succeed?
Articles generally don't accompany verbs like "succeed."
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What is the singular form of Succeed?
"Succeed" is a verb and doesn't have a singular or plural form.
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What is the plural form of Succeed?
As a verb, "succeed" doesn't have a plural form.
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Is the word Succeed imperative?
It can be used in the imperative mood, as in "Succeed at your goals!"
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Is the Succeed term a metaphor?
Not inherently, though it can be used metaphorically.
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What is a stressed syllable in Succeed?
The second syllable, "ceed," is stressed.
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Which determiner is used with Succeed?
Determiners are not generally used with verbs like "succeed."
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How is Succeed used in a sentence?
"Succeed" is used as a verb, e.g., "She wants to succeed in her career."
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