SUCCEEDING

(adj., adj.sat, verb, noun)

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There are 11 meanings of the word Succeeding.

Succeeding - as an adjective

Coming after or following

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Succeeding - as an adjective satellite

(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

Example: "Our next president"

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Succeeding - as a verb

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.

Example: "Autumn succeeds summer."

To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.

Example: "The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime."

To fall heir to; to inherit.

Example: "So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, i am king."

To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

To support; to prosper; to promote.

To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.

To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.

To go under cover.