Succeed to vs succeed in

Both 'succeed to' and 'succeed in' are commonly used phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Succeed in' is the correct phrase when talking about achieving a goal or being effective in a particular area. On the other hand, 'succeed to' is used in legal contexts to refer to inheriting a title, property, or position.

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Succeed to

This phrase is correct in legal contexts when referring to inheriting a title, property, or position.

Use 'succeed to' when talking about someone inheriting a title, property, or position, such as 'He succeeded to the throne after his father passed away.'

Examples:

She succeeded to the family business after her father retired.
He succeeded to the presidency after the former president resigned.
The eldest son succeeded to the title of Duke upon his father's death.

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He is but fundamental to succeed to maintain to such constants standard of service.
To succeed to earn 1 million USD is universally judged to be an achievement.
Afterwards, Ayurbarwada welcomed his older brother Khayishan, who was still far away from Dadu, to succeed to the throne.
Neither he nor his brothers held royal titles, and were ineligible to succeed to the Dukedom of Cambridge.
The gentlemen don't succeed to satisfy the consort every night.
Also cruiser Bande Nere was damaged by the storm but succeed to reach Messina.
If the sleep interrupts, he doesn't succeed to resume it.
Get a good education and succeed to immigrate to Canada.
Remained a kind of label without necessarily succeed to be embodied in concrete actions.
When you succeed to make the coolest canine will receive diploma coafaura with a starlet.
We see if we succeed to develop this new traffic .
Mangroves are the only plants that succeed to survive drawing maintenance from the salt water.
In some moments he doesn't succeed to take decisions.
But I do believe that success IS everything.First you need to succeed to survive.
Newton did not succeed to solve the problem "in toto", only because he used a much reduced number of terms of the polynomial series.
The Unitec collaborators introduce the pregio to succeed to establish good relations with the customers.
We expect only one thing from them: let them succeed to agree.
Let us admit it: sometimes our valica fantasy borders that not even we do not succeed to imagine.
He did not succeed to win them away and slipped down and the end of level 11.
[Footnote: Because of the natural trend toward a monopoly or oligopoly, the few succeed to any degree while the many fail.

Alternatives:

inherit
take over
assume

succeed in

This phrase is correct when talking about achieving a goal or being effective in a particular area.

Use 'succeed in' when referring to achieving success in a particular endeavor or being effective in a specific area, such as 'She succeeded in her career as a musician.'

Examples:

He succeeded in passing the exam on his first attempt.
She succeeded in convincing her colleagues to support her proposal.
They succeeded in winning the championship after years of hard work.

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Meaning of succeed in English · succeed verb (ACHIEVE SOMETHING) · succeed verb (FOLLOW) · Idiom.
Meaning of succeed in English · succeed verb (ACHIEVE SOMETHING) · succeed verb (FOLLOW) · Idiom.
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium skills to succeed in the host: virulence and regulation. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2013 Apr;26(2):308-41. doi: 10.1128/CMR ...
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Alternatives:

achieve success in
be effective in
do well in

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