succeed

réussir

Obtenir le résultat souhaité ou prévu.

En anglais simple : To achieve the result you wanted or planned.

• Our plan succeeded.
• They succeeded in opening the locked door.
• Will the experiment succeed this time?

Comment l'utiliser : succeed in doing something (We succeeded in finding a cheaper flat.); succeed at something (She succeeded at every task we gave her.)

Synonymes : work, achieve success

Contraires : fail

Expressions courantes : succeed in something, succeed in doing, succeed at something

réussir, prospérer

Bien s’en sortir dans son travail ou sa vie et obtenir du succès ou de la reconnaissance.

En anglais simple : To do well in your work or life and gain success or recognition.

• She wants to succeed.
• He succeeded as an actor after years of small roles.
• Can anyone succeed in this industry without useful contacts?

Comment l'utiliser : succeed in something (She wants to succeed in business.); succeed as someone/something (He succeeded as a writer.)

Synonymes : do well, prosper, thrive

Contraires : fail

Expressions courantes : succeed in business, succeed in life, succeed as something

succéder à, remplacer

Reprendre le poste, la fonction ou le titre de quelqu’un après son départ ou sa mort.

En anglais simple : To take someone’s job, position, or title after they leave or die.

• She succeeded her father as director.
• Who will succeed the retiring president?
• The young king succeeded his uncle last spring.

Comment l'utiliser : succeed someone as something (Maya succeeded Paul as head of the department.)

Synonymes : replace, take over from

Expressions courantes : succeed someone, succeed as president, succeed the king, succeed to something

succéder à, suivre

Venir après quelque chose dans le temps ou dans un ordre.

En anglais simple : To come after something else in time or order.

• Winter succeeds autumn.
• A long silence succeeded the announcement.
• Several dry years succeeded the wet summer.

Synonymes : follow, come after

Contraires : precede

Expressions courantes : succeed something, succeed one another