MEANING
1. To give way to a force, temptation, or influence one has resisted.
2. To die as a result of an illness, injury, or similar harmful condition.
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Words that belong together
- succumb to pressure
- succumb to temptation
On the page
He succumbed to pressure only when the threat shifted toward his sister.
She refused to succumb to the easy explanation.
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Word forms
- Base
- succumb
- Past tense
- succumbed
- Past participle
- succumbed
- Present participle
- succumbing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- succumb
- Present continuous
- am/is/are succumbing
- Present perfect
- have/has succumbed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been succumbing
- Past
- succumbed
- Past continuous
- was/were succumbing
- Past perfect
- had succumbed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been succumbing
- Future
- will succumb
- Future continuous
- will be succumbing
- Future perfect
- will have succumbed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been succumbing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: succumb; succumbs; succumbed; succumbed; succumbing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: succumbs.
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