succeeding

Meaning

Adj

Following, next in order.

Verb

present participle and gerund of succeed

Noun

success

succeed

1. (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.
2. (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
3. (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
4. (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
5. (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
6. (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
7. (intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
8. (dated, intransitive) To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
9. (transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
10. (intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
11. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To fall heir to; to inherit.
12. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go down or near (with to).

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Synonyms

following

next

subsequent

prospering

ensuing

second

2nd

future

result

resulting

later

sequent

incoming

thriving

trailing

upcoming

ensuant

adscript

succedent

proceeding well

Translations

siguiente

suivant

següent

subsiguiente

successio

sucesivo

folgen

ακόλουθος

Erfolg haben

nächste

nachfolgend

επόμενος

μελλοντικός

πρώτος

successiu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səkˈsiːdɪŋ/

Sentences

In the succeeding years , its demography has substantially changed .