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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səkˈsiːdɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
- Hyphenation: suc‧ceed‧ing
Adjective
succeeding (not comparable)
- Following, next in order.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC: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
- present participle and gerund of succeed
Noun
succeeding (plural succeedings)
- 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.