succeeding

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succeeding

  • /səkˈsiːdɪŋ/

Rhymes with -iːdɪŋ

adjective

  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.

    Similar: next

Opposite: preceding

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of succeed

noun succeedings

  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: following, consecutive, back-to-back, ensuing, next, future, undermentioned, incoming, in line, postmortem, post, apres-ski, upcoming, passing, coming, achieving

adjective

Opposite: preceding

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adj Following, next in order

Españolpostremo, sucesor
Italianosuccessivo
Русскийсле́дующий slédujuščij, после́дующий poslédujuščij

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@misc{succeeding_2026,
  title = {succeeding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/succeeding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}