Succeed vs. Attain

Succeedverb

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.

‘The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.’; ‘Autumn succeeds summer.’;

Attainverb

(transitive) To accomplish; to achieve.

‘To attain such a high level of proficiency requires hours of practice each day.’;

Succeedverb

To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.

‘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.’;

Attainverb

To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.

Succeedverb

To fall heir to; to inherit.

‘So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king.’;

Attainverb

(transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.

Succeedverb

To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

Attainverb

(intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.

Succeedverb

To support; to prosper; to promote.

Attainverb

To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.

Succeedverb

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.

Attainverb

(obsolete) To overtake.

Succeedverb

To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

Attainverb

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

‘Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the means?’;

Succeedverb

To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.

Attainverb

To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.

Succeedverb

To go under cover.

Attainverb

To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.

‘Not well attaining his meaning.’;

Succeedverb

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.

‘As he saw him nigh succeed.’;

Attainverb

To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.

Succeedverb

To fall heir to; to inherit.

Attainverb

To overtake.

Succeedverb

To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

‘Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse.’;

Attainverb

To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.

Succeedverb

To support; to prosper; to promote.

‘Succeed my wish and second my design.’;

Attainverb

To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.

‘If by any means they might attain to Phenice.’; ‘Nor nearer might the dogs attain.’; ‘To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber.’; ‘Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this.’;

Succeedverb

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.

‘If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership.’; ‘Enjoy till I returnShort pleasures; for long woes are to succeed!’;

Attainverb

To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.

‘Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I can not attain unto it.’;

Succeedverb

To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

‘No woman shall succeed in Salique land.’;

Attainnoun

Attainment.

Succeedverb

To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.

Attainverb

to gain with effort;

‘she achieved her goal despite setbacks’;

Succeedverb

To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.

‘It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition.’; ‘Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English.’;

Attainverb

reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;

‘The thermometer hit 100 degrees’; ‘This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour’;

Succeedverb

To go under cover.

‘Will you to the cooler cave succeed!’;

Attainverb

find unexpectedly;

‘the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb’; ‘she struck a goldmine’; ‘The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake’;

Succeedverb

attain success or reach a desired goal;

‘The enterprise succeeded’; ‘We succeeded in getting tickets to the show’; ‘she struggled to overcome her handicap and won’;

Attainverb

reach a destination, either real or abstract;

‘We hit Detroit by noon’; ‘The water reached the doorstep’; ‘We barely made it to the finish line’; ‘I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts’;

Succeedverb

be the successor (of);

‘Carter followed Ford’; ‘Will Charles succeed to the throne?’;