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English word

succeed

A2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /səkˈsiːd/US /səkˈsiːd/
verb

to achieve something that you have been trying to do or get; to have the result or effect that was intended

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Satoru Iwata - Heart of a Gamer | GDC 2005 Keynote
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Many years and many projects later, I went to work for Nintendo full time—and then one day about three years ago, Mr. Yamauchi appointed me to succeed him as company president.

Satoru Iwata - Heart of a Gamer

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So even if it doesn't succeed in the greater goal, I think it will succeed in the goal of alleviating brain and spine damage.

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Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena where I believed I truly belonged.

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