succeeding
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /səkˈsiːdɪŋ/
Adjective

succeeding (not comparable)

  1. Following, next in order.
    • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:
      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.
Synonyms Antonyms Translations Verb
  1. present participle of succeed#English|succeed
Noun

succeeding (plural succeedings)

  1. success
    • 1722, Nicholas Ling, ‎John Bodenham, Wits Common-wealth (page 105)
      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.



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