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successor

[suhk-ses-er]

noun

  1. a person or thing that succeeds or follows.

  2. a person who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like.



successor

/ əˈɛə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office

  2. logic the element related to a given element by a serial ordering, esp the natural number next larger to a given one. The successor of n is n + 1, usually written Sn or

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • successoral adjective
  • ܳˈǰ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of successor1

1250–1300; < Latin, equivalent to succed-, variant stem of ܳŧ to succeed + -tor -tor, with dt > ss; replacing Middle English successour < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
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They question why Woodcock and her successor didn’t do more to raise alarms with Congress or the public about the decision to rely on inadequate factories for critical drugs.

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The pricey Nintendo Switch 2 is a worthy successor to the original Switch.

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Despite his disqualification from the presidential election, he remained hugely influential in Zambian politics and did not hold back in his criticism of his successor.

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His successor, Lee, had campaigned on a series of pledges, including one to restart dialogue with Pyongyang and to reduce tensions between both countries.

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The pricey Switch 2 is a worthy successor to the original.

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