[
  {
    "word": "succeed",
    "phonetic": "/s\u0259k\u02c8si\u02d0d/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/s\u0259k\u02c8si\u02d0d/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/succeed-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2079761",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Autumn succeeds summer."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fall heir to; to inherit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To support; to prosper; to promote.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To go under cover.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "come after",
          "do well",
          "flourish"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "precede",
          "fail",
          "fall on one's face",
          "fail"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succeed"
    ]
  }
]