SUCCEED – A Message From President Obama

suc·ceed

[suhk-seed]

verb (used without object)

1. to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.

2. to thrive, prosper, grow, or the like: Grass will not succeed in this dry soil.

3. to accomplish what is attempted or intended: We succeeded in our efforts to start the car.

4. to attain success in some popularly recognized form, as wealth or standing: The class voted him the one most likely to succeed.

5. to follow or replace another by descent, election, appointment, etc. (often followed by to ).