Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to succumb
Participle: succumbed
Gerund: succumbing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | succumb |
| you | succumb |
| he;she;it | succumbs |
| we | succumb |
| you | succumb |
| they | succumb |
Perfect
| I | have succumbed |
| you | have succumbed |
| he;she;it | has succumbed |
| we | have succumbed |
| you | have succumbed |
| they | have succumbed |
Past
| I | succumbed |
| you | succumbed |
| he;she;it | succumbed |
| we | succumbed |
| you | succumbed |
| they | succumbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had succumbed |
| you | had succumbed |
| he;she;it | had succumbed |
| we | had succumbed |
| you | had succumbed |
| they | had succumbed |
Future
| I | will succumb |
| you | will succumb |
| he;she;it | will succumb |
| we | will succumb |
| you | will succumb |
| they | will succumb |
Future Perfect
| 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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | succumb |
| you | succumb |
| he;she;it | succumb |
| we | succumb |
| you | succumb |
| they | succumb |
Perfect
| I | have succumbed |
| you | have succumbed |
| he;she;it | have succumbed |
| we | have succumbed |
| you | have succumbed |
| they | have succumbed |
Imperfect
| I | succumbed |
| you | succumbed |
| he;she;it | succumbed |
| we | succumbed |
| you | succumbed |
| they | succumbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had succumbed |
| you | had succumbed |
| he;she;it | had succumbed |
| we | had succumbed |
| you | had succumbed |
| they | had succumbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would succumb |
| you | would succumb |
| he;she;it | would succumb |
| we | would succumb |
| you | would succumb |
| they | would succumb |
Perfect
| 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 |
Imperative
| you | succumb |
| we | Let's succumb |
| you | succumb |
Verbs conjugated like 'succumb'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'succumb'
accumb,
subcomb,
succuss,
crumb,
decrumb,
recumb,
scramb,
scrub,
scrump,
scum,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- die
- die
- to stop living; to become dead
- auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be no more, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, buy it, buy the farm, cark it, cash in, cash in one's chips, check out, conk out, croak, cross the Great Divide, cross the Styx, decease, depart, disincarnate, draw one's last breath, exit, expire, flatline, forfare, give one's all, give up the ghost, go for a burton, go gentle into that good night, go the way of all flesh, go the way of the dinosaurs, go the way of the dodo, go to glory, go to one's reward, hand in one's dinner pail, hop the twig, join the choir invisible, keel over, kick the bucket, knock off, lose one's life, lose the number of one's mess, meet one's doom, meet one's end, meet one's maker, pass, pass away, pass in one's marble, pass on, pass over, pass the river, pay the debt of nature, peg out, perish, pop off, pop one's clogs, shuffle off this mortal coil, sleep with one's fathers, slip away, snuff it, take a dirt nap, die, turn up one's toes, yield up the ghost
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *upó
3. Proto-Italic *supo
4. Latin sub
5. Latin sub-
6. Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-
7. Proto-Italic *kumbō
8. Latin *cumbō
9. Latin succumbere
10. Old French succomberbor.
11. English succumb
12. From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō. See: Old French '
succomber', Latin '
succumbō'.
Verbs referencing "succumb"
Ido sukombar.
Sample Sentences
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succumb to temptation
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succumb under misfortunes
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Thai culture as in many other Asian cultures, is succumbing to the influence of westernization.
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Jones was called into action to deny Ruiz with a fine tackle before succumbing to his injury. [2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:]
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Sadly, the independent bookshop that occupied a room in the southern station building has succumbed to closure, due to the pandemic. [2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:]
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succumb to pneumonia
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Upon returning to his flat, he discovered much to his dismay, that his ficus benjamina had succumbed. [1976 December 25, “Untitled cartoon”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 5:]
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He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury to succumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better. [2012, Scott M. Garrett, Forever Different, →ISBN:]
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She had run away with Chiwi to San Jose when he was a year and half old; only to succumb him to the abuse of his aunt. [2014, Gideon C Mekwunye, Tear Drops - Part 2, →ISBN, page 455:]
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Known to be genuinely cheerful, every few months an unseen shadow would nevertheless succumb him, delivering a two-week melancholic stew of resentment and depression. [2015, David Marlett, Fortunate Son: A Novel of the Greatest Trial in Irish History, →ISBN:]