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succumb
suc·cumb S0860300 (sə-kŭm′)intr.v. suc·cumbed, suc·cumb·ing, suc·cumbs 1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. See Synonyms at yield.2. To die, especially from a disease or injury.
[Middle English succomben, to bring down, from Old French succomber, from Latin succumbere, to lie under, yield : sub-, sub- + -cumbere, to lie down (as in accumbere, to lie down).]succumb (səˈkʌm) vb1. to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)2. to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of)[C15: from Latin succumbere to be overcome, from sub- + -cumbere from cubāre to lie down] sucˈcumber nsuc•cumb (səˈkʌm)
v.i. 1. to give way to superior force; yield. 2. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die. [1480–90; < Latin succumbere=suc- suc- + -cumbere, transitive derivative of cubāre to lie, recline; compare incumbent] succumb
Past participle: succumbed
Gerund: succumbing
| Present |
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| I succumb | | you succumb | | he/she/it succumbs | | we succumb | | you succumb | | they succumb |
| Preterite |
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| I succumbed | | you succumbed | | he/she/it succumbed | | we succumbed | | you succumbed | | they succumbed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am succumbing | | you are succumbing | | he/she/it is succumbing | | we are succumbing | | you are succumbing | | they are succumbing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have succumbed | | you have succumbed | | he/she/it has succumbed | | we have succumbed | | you have succumbed | | they have succumbed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was succumbing | | you were succumbing | | he/she/it was succumbing | | we were succumbing | | you were succumbing | | they were succumbing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had succumbed | | you had succumbed | | he/she/it had succumbed | | we had succumbed | | you had succumbed | | they had succumbed |
| Future |
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| I will succumb | | you will succumb | | he/she/it will succumb | | we will succumb | | you will succumb | | they will succumb |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have succumbed | | you will have succumbed | | he/she/it will have succumbed | | we will have succumbed | | you will have succumbed | | they will have succumbed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be succumbing | | you will be succumbing | | he/she/it will be succumbing | | we will be succumbing | | you will be succumbing | | they will be succumbing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been succumbing | | you have been succumbing | | he/she/it has been succumbing | | we have been succumbing | | you have been succumbing | | they have been succumbing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been succumbing | | you will have been succumbing | | he/she/it will have been succumbing | | we will have been succumbing | | you will have been succumbing | | they will have been succumbing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been succumbing | | you had been succumbing | | he/she/it had been succumbing | | we had been succumbing | | you had been succumbing | | they had been succumbing |
| Conditional |
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| I would succumb | | you would succumb | | he/she/it would succumb | | we would succumb | | you would succumb | | they would succumb |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have succumbed | | you would have succumbed | | he/she/it would have succumbed | | we would have succumbed | | you would have succumbed | | they would have succumbed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | succumb - consent reluctantlybuckle under, knuckle under, give in, yieldconsent, go for, accept - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"accede, give in, bow, defer, submit - yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" | | 2. | succumb - be fatally overwhelmedyieldcroak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" |
succumbverb1. (often with to) surrender, yield, submit, give in, give way, go under, cave in (informal), capitulate, knuckle under Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette.
surrender beat, master, overcome, conquer, rise above, triumph over, get the better of, surmount2. (with to) (with an illness as object) catch, contract, fall victim to, die from, get, develop, pick up, die of, fall ill with, become infected by, come or go down with, cark it from (Austral. & N.Z. slang) I was determined not to succumb to the virus.succumbverb1. To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength:bow, buckle, capitulate, submit, surrender, yield.Informal: fold.2. To suddenly lose all health or strength:break (down), cave in, collapse, crack, drop, give out.Informal: crack up.Slang: conk out.Idiom: give way.3. To cease living:decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish.Informal: pop off.Slang: check out, croak, kick in, kick off.Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes.Translationssuccumb (səˈkam) verb to yield. She succumbed to temptation and ate the chocolate. 屈從 屈从succumb
succumb to (something)1. To allow oneself to be overcome or overpowered by something; to submit or yield to something. No, we cannot succumb to our desires. We must remain chaste before our wedding! I really did have every intention of sticking to my diet, but I succumbed to temptation when my coworker brought in donuts last Friday.2. To die as a result of something, such as disease, injury, old age, etc. He fought the cancer with bravery and dignity until the bitter end, but sadly he succumbed to the awful disease yesterday morning. My grandmother wanted to make one final trip to Kyoto before succumbing to old age.See also: succumbsuccumb to somethingto yield to something, especially a temptation, fatal disease, a human weakness, etc. He finally succumbed to his pneumonia. She did not succumb to the disease until she was very old.See also: succumbsuccumb
Related to succumb: thesaurusSynonyms for succumbverb surrenderSynonyms- surrender
- yield
- submit
- give in
- give way
- go under
- cave in
- capitulate
- knuckle under
Antonyms- beat
- master
- overcome
- conquer
- rise above
- triumph over
- get the better of
- surmount
verb catchSynonyms- catch
- contract
- fall victim to
- die from
- get
- develop
- pick up
- die of
- fall ill with
- become infected by
- come or go down with
- cark it from
Synonyms for succumbverb to give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strengthSynonyms- bow
- buckle
- capitulate
- submit
- surrender
- yield
- fold
verb to suddenly lose all health or strengthSynonyms- break
- cave in
- collapse
- crack
- drop
- give out
- crack up
- conk out
verb to cease livingSynonyms- decease
- demise
- depart
- die
- drop
- expire
- go
- pass away
- pass
- perish
- pop off
- check out
- croak
- kick in
- kick off
Synonyms for succumbverb consent reluctantlySynonyms- buckle under
- knuckle under
- give in
- yield
Related Words- consent
- go for
- accept
- accede
- give in
- bow
- defer
- submit
verb be fatally overwhelmedSynonymsRelated Words- croak
- decease
- die
- drop dead
- buy the farm
- cash in one's chips
- give-up the ghost
- kick the bucket
- pass away
- perish
- snuff it
- pop off
- expire
- conk
- exit
- choke
- go
- pass
Antonyms- make it
- pull round
- pull through
- survive
- come through
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