successor
nounEtymology
From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.
- derived from successor
- derived from successour
Definitions
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
- George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
- After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor.
- As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.
The next heir in order or succession.
A person who inherits a title or office.
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The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
- A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.
The neighborhood
- synonymheir
- synonymsucceeder
- synonymsuccessor
- synonymsuccessour
- antonympredecessorantonym(s) of
- neighbordescendant
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at successor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at successor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at successor
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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