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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Succeeding \Suc*ceed"ing\, n.
     The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which
     succeeds, or follows after; consequence. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Succeed \Suc*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succeeded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub under +
     cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F.
     succ['e]der. See Cede, and cf. Success.]
     1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the
        place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on
        the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              As he saw him nigh succeed.           --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to
        follow; to pursue.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. --Sir
                                                    T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Succeed my wish and second my design. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Succeed \Suc*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succeeded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub under +
     cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F.
     succ['e]der. See Cede, and cf. Success.]
     1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the
        place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on
        the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
  
              As he saw him nigh succeed.           --Spenser.
  
     2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
  
     3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to
        follow; to pursue.
  
              Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. --Sir
                                                    T. Browne.
  
     4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.]
  
              Succeed my wish and second my design. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Succeeding \Suc*ceed"ing\, n.
     The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which
     succeeds, or follows after; consequence. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  succeeding
       adj 1: coming after or following [syn: succeeding(a)] [ant: preceding(a)]
       2: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
          president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  succeeding
     a.
     Following, next in order.
     n.
     success
     vb.
     (present participle of en succeed nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  succeeding
     a.
     Following, next in order.
     n.
     success
     vb.
     (present participle of en succeed nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  succeeding
     a.
     Following, next in order.
     n.
     success
     vb.
     (present participle of en succeed nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  succeeding
     a.
     Following, next in order.
     n.
     success
     vb.
     (present participle of en succeed nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  succeeding
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s ucceed ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  succeeding
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en succeed ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb succeed)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/
  النجاح

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/ 
  následující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/ 
  nastupující

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/
  Erfolg habend
     Synonyms: having success, meeting with success
  
   see: have success, succeed, meet with success, had success, succeeded, met with success, he/she has success, he/she suceeds, he/she meets with success, he/she suceeded
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/
  folgend, nachrückend
   see: succeed, succeeded
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/
  folgend, nachfolgend, später 
   see: succeeding generations
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/
  gelingend, aufgehend
     Synonym: being successful
  
   see: succeed, be successful, succeeded, been successful, it succeeds, it is successful, it succeeded, it was successful
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/
  glückend
     Synonym: being a success
  
   see: be a success, succeed, been a success, succeeded, It simply wouldn't go right.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/
  nachfolgend
     Synonyms: following, becoming successor
  
   see: follow sb., succeed sb., become sb.'s successor, followed, succeeded, become successor, He will succeed her as chair of the committee / to the post of chair of the committee.
  

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  succeeding /səksˈiːdɪŋ/
  1. jövô
  2. következmény
  3. következô
  4. egymást követô
  5. eredmény
  6. egymásra következô
  7. eljövendô
  8. utána következô

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/səkˈsidɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "succeeding":
     after, appendant, assured of success, attendant, cadet, coming,
     consecutive, consequent, crowned with success, ensuing, following,
     fortunate, junior, later, lineal, made, next, on the up-and-up,
     on top, out in front, posterior, postpositional, postpositive,
     prosperous, proximate, puisne, sequacious, sequent, sequential,
     serial, subsequent, successful, successional, successive, suffixed,
     surefire, trailing, triumphant, younger
  
  

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