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Kl004535 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Abdicate

Personally, I quite like this word 'abdicate'. This word appeared in a newspaper today.

It is as follows:

The sultan abdicated in favor of his son.

What does it mean? Does it mean that his son succeeded to the throne.

usually, we succeed sb/sth or we succeed to sb/sth?
  

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Hi; It means that the sultan willing resigned his power and handed it all over to his son. In 1936, the King of England, Edward VIII, loved an American woman, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, so deeply that he wanted to marry her.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Hi; It means that the sultan willing resigned his power and handed it all over to his son.
  • In 1936, the King of England, Edward VIII, loved an American woman, Mrs.
  • Wallis Simpson, so deeply that he wanted to marry her.
  • Beside being a commoner, she was married and in the process of divorcing her husband.
  • The church leaders and the parliament forbade him to marry her because of this.
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Hi;
It means that the sultan willing resigned his power and handed it all over to his son.
In 1936, the King of England, Edward VIII, loved an American woman, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, so deeply that he wanted to marry her. Beside being a commoner, she was married and in the process of divorcing her husband. The church leaders and the parliament forbade him to marry her because of this.
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kl004535Does it mean that his son succeeded to the throne.
Do you possibly mean "acceded to the throne"? You didn't actually include a quote on "succeeded."

usually, we succeed sb/sth or we succeed to sb/sth?

I wouldn't say that we succeed to sombody, or that we succeed something.
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