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succeeded

[suhk-see-did] / səkˈsi dɪd /
ADJECTIVE
done
Synonyms
STRONG
complete completed concluded consummated depleted drained effected ended executed exhausted fixed fulfilled perfected performed realized rendered set spent terminated wired wrought
WEAK
a wrap all in all over brought about brought to pass buttoned-up compassed over through used-up
Antonyms
STRONG
incomplete indefinite unfinished unfixed unfulfilled unused
WEAK
undone

Example Sentences

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Cook will be succeeded as CEO by current hardware chief John Ternus.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Cook will be succeeded in the CEO position by John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

The 65-year-old succeeded chief executive and co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011 after he passed away from pancreatic cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Researchers from the University of Michigan and Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan succeeded by developing a new theory based on detailed atomic simulations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

According to Adams, the Revolution succeeded because of its ties to the past, which meant that, in the Jeffersonian sense, it was not really a revolution at all.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis