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succeeding en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /səkˈsiːdɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Following, next in order.
    • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

Antonyms

preceding

Deriveds

unsucceeding · succeedingly

Synonyms

next

Translations (6)

es sucesor (Following, next in order) · ota تالی (Following, next in order) · it successivo (Following, next in order) · ru после́дующий (Following, next in order) · ru сле́дующий (Following, next in order) · es postremo (Following, next in order)

succeeding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /səkˈsiːdɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. success
    • It is good for a man in the midst of prosperity to fear a Ruin, and in the midst of adversity to hope for better succeedings. 1722, Nicholas Ling, John Bodenham, Wits Common-wealth, page 105:

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succeeding en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /səkˈsiːdɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of succeed
    form of succeed