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Collocations for succeed - verb

1. manage to achieve what you want; do well

ADVERB

admirably, beautifully (esp. AmE), brilliantly, marvellously/marvelously (esp. AmE), well, wildly (esp. AmE), wonderfully
The book succeeds beautifully in presenting the problem before us.
The plan succeeded pretty well.
not quite
nearly
They very nearly succeeded in blowing up the building.
completely, fully, truly
largely, mostly
We feel that we have largely succeeded in our aims.
partially, partly
rarely
This option has rarely succeeded in recent years.
eventually, finally, ultimately
apparently
academically
the pressure on children to succeed academically

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VERB + succeed

be likely to, be unlikely to
The appeal is unlikely to succeed.
be determined to, hope to, want to
No company can hope to succeed at everything.
attempt to, try to
manage to

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PREPOSITION

against
to succeed against serious opposition
at
She can teach you how to succeed at tennis.
in
We succeeded in repairing the engine.
with
hints on how to succeed with interior design

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2. have a job/position after sb else

VERB + succeed

appoint sb to, elect sb to (esp. BrE)
He was appointed to succeed Solti as head of the orchestra.
be tipped to (esp. BrE)
be expected to
He was expected to succeed Jack Smith as CEO when he retired.

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PREPOSITION

as
He was widely tipped to succeed her as leader of the party.
to
Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1558.

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Succeed is used with these nouns as the subject:
appeal, attack, attempt, bid, business, campaign, effort, enterprise, mission, movement, plan, scheme, strategy, tactic

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Succeed is used with these nouns as the object:
father

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