3 VERB Someone who succeeds gains a high position in what they do, for example in business or politics. □ [V ] …the skills and qualities needed to succeed in small and medium-sized businesses.
4 VERB If you succeed another person, you are the next person to have their job or position. □ [V n] David is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1. □ [V + to ] George III succeeded to the throne in 1760.
5 VERB [usu passive] If one thing is succeeded by another thing, the other thing happens or comes after it. □ [be V -ed] All political systems will collapse eventually and be succeeded by others.
suc|cess ◆◆◇ /səkse s/ (successes )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Success is the achievement of something that you have been trying to do. □ It's important for the long-term success of any diet that you vary your meals. □ [+ of ] …the success of European business in building a stronger partnership between management and workers.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Success is the achievement of a high position in a particular field, for example in business or politics. □ Nearly all of the young people interviewed believed that work was the key to success.
3 N‑UNCOUNT [usu with poss] The success of something is the fact that it works in a satisfactory way or has the result that is intended. □ Most of the cast was amazed by the play's success.
4 N‑COUNT Someone or something that is a success achieves a high position, makes a lot of money, or is admired a great deal. □ We hope it will be a commercial success. COLLOCATIONS success NOUN
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verb + success : achieve, enjoy, ensure; judge, measure
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adjective + success : commercial, instant, runaway; huge, notable, phenomenal
suc|cess|ful ◆◆◇ /səkse sfʊl/
1 ADJ Something that is successful achieves what it was intended to achieve. Someone who is successful achieves what they intended to achieve. □ How successful will this new treatment be? □ I am looking forward to a long and successful partnership with him. □ [+ in ] She has been comparatively successful in maintaining her privacy. ● suc|cess|ful|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ The doctors have successfully concluded preliminary tests.
2 ADJ Something that is successful is popular or makes a lot of money. □ …the hugely successful movie that brought Robert Redford an Oscar for his directing. □ One of the keys to successful business is careful planning.
3 ADJ Someone who is successful achieves a high position in what they do, for example in business or politics. □ [+ in ] Women do not necessarily have to imitate men to be successful in business. □ She is a successful lawyer.
suc|ces|sion /səkse ʃ ə n/ (successions )
1 N‑SING [oft in N ] A succession of things of the same kind is a number of them that exist or happen one after the other. □ [+ of ] Adams took a succession of jobs which have stood him in good stead. □ Scoring three goals in quick succession, he made it 10-8.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Succession is the fact or right of being the next person to have an important job or position. □ She is now seventh in line of succession to the throne.
suc|ces|sive /səkse s I v/ ADJ Successive means happening or existing one after another without a break. □ Jackson was the winner for a second successive year.
suc|ces|sor /səkse sə r / (successors ) N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Someone's successor is the person who takes their job after they have left. □ He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors. [Also + to ]
suc|ce ss sto|ry (success stories ) N‑COUNT Someone or something that is a success story is very successful, often unexpectedly or in spite of unfavourable conditions. □ The book is one of the publishing success stories of recent years
suc|cinct /səks I ŋkt/ ADJ Something that is succinct expresses facts or ideas clearly and in few words. [APPROVAL ] □ The book gives an admirably succinct account of the technology and its history. ● suc|cinct|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ He succinctly summed up his manifesto as 'Work hard, train hard and play hard'.
suc|cor /sʌ kə r / → see succour
suc|cour /sʌ kə r / (succours , succouring , succoured ) in AM, use succor 1 N‑UNCOUNT Succour is help given to people who are suffering or in difficulties. [FORMAL ] □ …a commitment to give succour to populations involved in the conflict.
2 VERB If you succour someone who is suffering or in difficulties, you help them. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners.
suc|cu|lent /sʌ kjʊlənt/ (succulents )
1 ADJ Succulent food, especially meat or vegetables, is juicy and good to eat. [APPROVAL ] □ Cook pieces of succulent chicken with ample garlic and a little sherry.
2 N‑COUNT Succulents or succulent plants are types of plants which have thick, fleshy leaves.
suc|cumb /səkʌ m/ (succumbs , succumbing , succumbed ) VERB If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong. [FORMAL ] □ [V + to ] Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one biscuit. □ [V + to ] The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
such ◆◆◆ /sʌ tʃ/ When such is used as a predeterminer, it is followed by 'a' and a count noun in the singular. When it is used as a determiner, it is followed by a count noun in the plural or by an uncount noun. 1 DET You use such to refer back to the thing or person that you have just mentioned, or a thing or person like the one that you have just mentioned. You use such as and such…as to introduce a reference to the person or thing that has just been mentioned. □ There have been previous attempts at coups. We regard such methods as entirely unacceptable. □ There'd be no telling how John would react to such news as this. ● PREDET Such is also a predeterminer. □ If your request is for information about a child, please contact the Registrar to find out how to make such a request. □ How can we make sense of such a story as this? ● Such is also used before be . □ We are scared because we are being watched–such is the atmosphere in Pristina and other cities in Kosovo. ● As such is also used. □ There should be a law ensuring products tested on animals have to be labelled as such. ● Such as is also used. □ Issues such as these were not really his concern.