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PRONUNCIATION OF SUCCUMBER

succumber  [səˈkʌmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUCCUMBER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Succumber is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUCCUMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of succumber in the English dictionary

The definition of succumber in the dictionary is a person who gives way in face of the overwhelming force or desire. Other definition of succumber is a person who is fatally overwhelmed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUCCUMBER


bummer
ˈbʌmə
comer
ˈkʌmə
cummer
ˈkʌmə
downcomer
ˈdaʊnˌkʌmə
drummer
ˈdrʌmə
gummer
ˈɡʌmə
homecomer
ˈhəʊmˌkʌmə
hummer
ˈhʌmə
incomer
ˈɪnkʌmə
latecomer
ˈleɪtˌkʌmə
midsummer
ˈmɪdˈsʌmə
mummer
ˈmʌmə
newcomer
ˈnjuːˌkʌmə
overcomer
ˌəʊvəˈkʌmə
plumber
ˈplʌmə
rummer
ˈrʌmə
scummer
ˈskʌmə
skummer
ˈskʌmə
strummer
ˈstrʌmə
summer
ˈsʌmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUCCUMBER

succourable
succourer
succourless
succous
succuba
succubi
succubine
succubous
succubus
succulence
succulency
succulent
succulently
succumb
succursal
succus
succuss
succussation
succussion
succussive

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUCCUMBER

accession number
call number
climber
contact number
cool as a cucumber
cucumber
house number
Humber
lumber
mobile number
number
outnumber
phone number
reference number
registration number
serial number
slumber
social security number
street number
telephone number
VAT number

Synonyms and antonyms of succumber in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «succumber» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUCCUMBER

Find out the translation of succumber to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of succumber from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «succumber» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

succumber
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

succumber
570 millions of speakers

English

succumber
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

succumber
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

succumber
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

succumber
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

succumber
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

succumber
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

succumber
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Succumber
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

succumber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

succumber
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

succumber
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Succumber
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

succumber
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

succumber
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Succember
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

succumber
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

succumber
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

succumber
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

succumber
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

succumber
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

succumber
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

succumber
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

succumber
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

succumber
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of succumber

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUCCUMBER»

The term «succumber» is normally little used and occupies the 145.279 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUCCUMBER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «succumber» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «succumber» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about succumber

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUCCUMBER»

Discover the use of succumber in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to succumber and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reports of Cases on Appeal from Scotland, Decided in the ...
... and by the said articles •□ it is expressly directed, ' That in all causes where the Lords *• at the conclusion thereof, shall find the succumber,' that is, " the party who loses the cause * to have been calumnious or «' litigious they stiall take in an  ...
Scotland. Appeal cases, David Robertson, 1807
2
Journals of the House of Lords
... in all Causes where the Lords, at the Conclusion «» thereof, (hall find the Succumber, that is, the Party " who loses the Cause, to have been calumnious or liti- " gious, they shall take in an Accompt from the Party " prevailing, upon his Oath, ...
Great Britain House of Lords, 1714
3
Demon-Proofing Prayers: Bob Larson's Guide to Winning ...
A succumber succumbs to the pressure of the antiGod forces. A succumber allows him or herself to be bulldozed. Still, as I said, you can be a succumber if you want to. In fact, ifyou want to be a highly successful succumber, I have some advice ...
‎2011
4
St. Andrews review
my dear succumber, showing his Canadian-American cold bloodedness; he always referred to Wertheimer as the succumber and to me rather wryly as the philosopher, which did not bother me. Wertheimer, the succumber, always appeared to ...
‎1986
5
The United States Catholic Magazine
If so, what a trifler with truth, what a succumber to public opinion, what a hypocrite in grain, to seem to sanction error because it prevailed among the populace! Well might they reform and re-reform ! But does not the Church of England seem to ...
‎1843
6
Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre
Cet pauvre homme a payez avec son vie , son dévotion pour cette dame célèbre, mais il ne regrettez pas son morte excepter d'avoir succumber avons d'avoir vue son noble maîtress recevais cette homage que France est toujours fière d'offrir ...
Marguerite Countess of Blessington, 1846
7
Tales, Viz. Meredith, Strathern, Femme de Chambre, Marmaduke ...
Cet pauvre homme a payez avec son vie , son dé- vot ion pour cette dame celèbre, mais il ne regrettez pas xon morte eiccepter d'avoir succumber avans d' avoir viie son noble maitress recevais cette homage que France est toujours Jière ...
Marguerite Countess of Blessington, 1846
8
An Exposition of the First Epistle General of St. John. By ...
... a pillar in the temple of My God; and will grant to him to sit with Me in My throne , even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne'.” The wrestler has even in the dire contest more to exalt him than the succumber, who ...
John STOCK (Vicar of Finchingfield, Essex.), 1865
9
Schlepper
He was at work on his latest travel-adventure monograph, with the working title “ Memoirs of a Cancer Succumber.” Betsy Bowden Professor of English, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey Dear Heather, Journalism, specifically ...
Clara R. Maslow, 2011
10
"Ask Mamma;" Or, The Richest Commoner in England
And I am Captain Succumber, of the Sugar-Candy Huzzars," bows the Captain with the utmost humility ; whereupon the Captain is snuffed out, and the Colonel reigns in his stead. "I am Monsieur Jean Rougier, valet-de-chambre to me lor ...
Robert Smith Surtees, 1858

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUCCUMBER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term succumber is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Group Ice Bucket Challenge at the Almonte Fitness Centre
... the Almonte Fitness Centre on September 1 at 11 a.m. The challenge is to honour June Dalgity, Alison's mother, who succumber to ALS in September of 2005. «Millstone News, Aug 14»
2
Has it been 50 weeks already?
He's gotten Ben to try it, so I (paying homage to my teenage years as a peer-pressure-succumber-to) tried it, too. I tried the first one, and it was OK. Second one ... «Greenfield West Allis Now, Oct 12»
3
'Hope': The Holocaust Ghosts in the Attic
... the old hag really is a survivor — while he, alas, is a succumber, a perisher who's tormented by the knowledge that he wouldn't last five minutes in Auschwitz. «NPR, Jan 12»

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