Succeeds Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "FOLLOWS" which means:

verb
• • To travel behind, go after, come after
• • Be later in time
• • Come as a logical consequence; follow logically
• • Travel along a certain course
• • Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
• • Come after in time, as a result
• • Behave in accordance or in agreement with
• • Be next
• • Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
• • To bring something about at a later time than
• • Imitate in behavior; take as a model
• • Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
• • Follow with the eyes or the mind
• • Be the successor (of)
• • Perform an accompaniment to
• • Keep informed
• • To be the product or result
• • Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
• • Adhere to or practice
• • Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
• • Keep under surveillance
• • Follow in or as if in pursuit
• • Grasp the meaning
• • Keep to
• • To subscribe to someone's updates on social media
• • To be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
noun
• • (sometimes attributive) in billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
• • The act of following another user's online activity.

An example sentence would be:

• • "She follows a strict diet to maintain her weight."
• • "The detective follows the suspect to gather more evidence."

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