succeeding

English

Adjective

succeeding

  1. Following, next in order.
    • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:
      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.

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Verb

succeeding

  1. present participle of succeed

Noun

succeeding (plural succeedings)

  1. success
    • 1722, Nicholas Ling, ‎John Bodenham, Wits Common-wealth (page 105)
      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.
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