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3 ADJ Someone who is successful achieves a high position in what they do, for example in business or politics. □ [+ in ] Women do not necessarily have to imitate men to be successful in business. □  She is a successful lawyer.

suc|ces|sion /səkse ʃ ^ə n/ (successions )

1 N‑SING [oft in N ] A succession of things of the same kind is a number of them that exist or happen one after the other. □ [+ of ] Adams took a succession of jobs which have stood him in good stead. □  Scoring three goals in quick succession, he made it 10-8.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Succession is the fact or right of being the next person to have an important job or position. □  She is now seventh in line of succession to the throne.

suc|ces|sive /səkse s I v/ ADJ Successive means happening or existing one after another without a break. □  Jackson was the winner for a second successive year.

suc|ces|sor /səkse sə ^r / (successors ) N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Someone's successor is the person who takes their job after they have left. □  He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors. [Also + to ]

suc|ce ss sto|ry (success stories ) N‑COUNT Someone or something that is a success story is very successful, often unexpectedly or in spite of unfavourable conditions. □  The book is one of the publishing success stories of recent years

suc|cinct /səks I ŋkt/ ADJ Something that is succinct expresses facts or ideas clearly and in few words. [APPROVAL ] □  The book gives an admirably succinct account of the technology and its history. ●  suc|cinct|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  He succinctly summed up his manifesto as 'Work hard, train hard and play hard'.

suc|cor /sʌ kə ^r / → see succour

suc|cour /sʌ kə ^r / (succours , succouring , succoured ) in AM, use succor 1 N‑UNCOUNT Succour is help given to people who are suffering or in difficulties. [FORMAL ] □  …a commitment to give succour to populations involved in the conflict.

2 VERB If you succour someone who is suffering or in difficulties, you help them. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners.

suc|cu|lent /sʌ kjʊlənt/ (succulents )

1 ADJ Succulent food, especially meat or vegetables, is juicy and good to eat. [APPROVAL ] □  Cook pieces of succulent chicken with ample garlic and a little sherry.

2 N‑COUNT Succulents or succulent plants are types of plants which have thick, fleshy leaves.

suc|cumb /səkʌ m/ (succumbs , succumbing , succumbed ) VERB If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong. [FORMAL ] □ [V + to ] Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one biscuit. □ [V + to ] The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.