Definition of succeeds:
(v) :
(intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
(v) :
(intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
(v) :
(intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
(v) :
(intransitive) 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).
(v) :
(transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
(v) :
(intransitive) To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.