Succeeding
//səkˈsiːdɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 success
"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."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of succeed form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Following, next in order. not-comparable
"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."
Adjective
- 1 coming after or following wordnet
- 2 (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving wordnet
Example
More examples"Peter overcame a lot of difficulties before succeeding as a doctor."
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