succeeding

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /səkˈsiːdɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: suc‧ceed‧ing

Adjective

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succeeding (not comparable)

  1. Following, next in order.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      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.

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Verb

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succeeding

  1. present participle and gerund of succeed

Noun

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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.