'Succeeding' definitions:
Definition of 'succeeding'
From: WordNet
adjective
Coming after or following [ant: preceding(a)]
adjective
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]
Definition of 'Succeeding'
From: GCIDE
- Succeed \Suc*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succeeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub under + cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F. succ['e]der. See Cede, and cf. Success.]
- 1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer. [1913 Webster]
- As he saw him nigh succeed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. [1913 Webster]
- Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Succeed my wish and second my design. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Succeeding'
From: GCIDE
- Succeeding \Suc*ceed"ing\, n. The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'succeeding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- after,
- appendant,
- assured of success,
- attendant,
- cadet,
- coming,
- consecutive,
- consequent,
- crowned with success,
- ensuing,
- following,
- fortunate,
- junior,
- later,
- lineal,
- made,
- next,
- on the up-and-up,
- on top,
- out in front,
- posterior,
- postpositional,
- postpositive,
- prosperous,
- proximate,
- puisne,
- sequacious,
- sequent,
- sequential,
- serial,
- subsequent,
- successful,
- successional,
- successive,
- suffixed,
- surefire,
- trailing,
- triumphant,
- younger