different between succeed vs accede

English

Alternative forms

• succede (dated)

Etymology

From Old French succeder, from Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?k?si?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d
• Hyphenation: suc?ceed

Verb

succeed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)

1. (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.

2. (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.

   Synonym: take the place of

3. (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.

4. (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 49

     Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin.

5. To support; to prosper; to promote.

   • Succeed my wish and second my design.

6. (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
   1. To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

7. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
8. To go under cover.
9. (obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.

10. (obsolete, rare) To ensue with an intended consequence or effect.

Synonyms

• (follow in order): come after; see also Thesaurus:succeed
• (support; prosper; promote): do well, flourish; see also Thesaurus:prosper

Antonyms

• (follow in order): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede
• (obtain the object desired; accomplish what is attempted or intended): fail, fall on one's face
• (support; prosper; promote): fail

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• succede

English

Etymology

First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English acceden, from Latin acc?d? (“approach, accede”), formed from ad (“to, toward, at”) + c?d? (“move, yield”) (English cede). Compare French accéder. Unrelated to ascend, aside from the common ad prefix.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?si?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æk?sid/
• Rhymes: -id

Verb

accede (third-person singular simple present accedes, present participle acceding, simple past and past participle acceded)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To approach; to arrive, to come forward. [15th-19th c.]
2. (intransitive, now rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]
3. (intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]
4. (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 32:

     Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours.

5. (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.

Usage notes

(to agree, to come to an office, to become a party to): Use with the word to afterwards (i.e., accede to).

Synonyms

• (to join a group): band together, enroll
• (agree to a proposal or a view): come around, concede; See also Thesaurus:accede

• agree, acquiesce, assent, comply, concur, consent, (obsolete) comprobate, (obsolete) astipulate

Antonyms

• (to join a group): leave, secede, split off

Derived terms

• accedence
• acceder

Related terms

• accession

Translations

References

• accede in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• acceed

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?de

Verb

accede

1. third-person singular present indicative of accedere

Anagrams

• ecceda

Latin

Verb

acc?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of acc?d?

Spanish

Verb

accede

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of acceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of acceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of acceder.