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Pretzel Day

Today’s word is succeed, spelled s-u-c-c-e-e-d.

succeed /səkˈsiːd/ verb

[intransitive, transitive] to be the next person to take a position or job after someone else

When the Queen dies, her eldest son will succeed to the throne.

He succeeded his father as editor of the paper.

Steve Jobs

The Queen died and was succeeded by James I.

James I succeeded to the throne upon the Queen's death in 1603.

[transitive] to come after or replace something else, especially another product

This car is intended to succeed the popular Fiesta.

Peykan

In the weeks that succeeded, five more patients showed similar symptoms.

Almost from its beginnings, New York has produced succeeding generations of intellectuals.

In the succeeding decades (Task 1 Writing)

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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