successor

American  

[suhk-ses-er] / səkˈsɛs ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that succeeds or follows.

2. a person who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like.

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successor British  

/ səkˈsɛsə /

noun

1. a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office

2. logic the element related to a given element by a serial ordering, esp the natural number next larger to a given one. The successor of n is n + 1, usually written Sn or n′

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Other Word Forms

• successoral adjective

Etymology

Origin of successor

1250–1300; < Latin, equivalent to succed-, variant stem of succēdere to succeed + -tor -tor, with dt > ss; replacing Middle English successour < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

Example Sentences

There is little reason to assume a successor would be shielded from similar pressure if rates remain elevated.

From Barron's

Sarah Bond, the president and chief operating officer of Xbox, who had been seen internally as a potential successor to Spencer, is also leaving the company.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yields rose earlier this month as investors worried that a successor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer would place less emphasis on sticking to the self-imposed rules.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the Fed term he fills expired at the end of January, he can stay on at the bank for now until the Senate confirms his successor.

From Barron's

As the country's top prosecutor in 2019, he also indicted a senior aide of Park's successor, Moon Jae-in, in a fraud and bribery case.

From Barron's

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