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opvolgen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sophomore noun A student in their second year of high school or university.
  • succeed verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.
  • supplant verb To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

Senses

opvolgen is used for these senses in English:

  • sophomore (US) The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a high school (tenth grade) or university.
  • succeed (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).
  • supplant (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

sophomore — full definition

  1. noun A student in their second year of high school or university.
  2. adj Describing the second in a series, such as a musician's second album.

succeed — full definition

  1. verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.
  2. verb To take over a position, office, or title after someone else.

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