noun
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a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
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logic the element related to a given element by a serial ordering, esp the natural number next larger to a given one. The successor of n is n + 1, usually written Sn or n′
Other Word Forms
- successoral adjective
Etymology
Origin of successor
1250–1300; < Latin, equivalent to succed-, variant stem of succēdere to succeed + -tor -tor, with dt > ss; replacing Middle English successour < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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He will be in charge until the religious leaders choose a successor.
He leaves behind a system with no obvious successor, largely by design, and an Islamic Republic in a fight for survival.
Iran had already seen intense speculation on a successor to Khamenei, given his age of 86.
From Barron's
In 1989, Khamenei was selected by the Assembly of Experts, a council of clerics, as the successor to Khomeini, who had died at the age of 86.
From BBC
Whether she is the successor or not, the Kim regime is curating a public rollout to normalize a fourth generation of leadership.
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