succeed
verb
uk/səkˈsiːd/ us [ I ]
if you succeed, you achieve something that you have been trying to do or get, and if a plan or a piece of work succeeds, it has the results that you wanted:
succeed in sth He is determined to succeed in the property market.
succeed in doing sth The new exchange rate succeeded in bringing inflation down.
[ T ]
to take an official job or position after someone else:
succeed sb as sth Karl Smith will succeed him as chief executive.