Succeeding

//səkˈsiːdɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of succeed form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    coming after or following wordnet
  2. 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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