successor
IPA: sʌksˈɛsɝ
noun
- A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
- The next heir in order or succession.
- A person who inherits a title or office.
- (arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
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Examples of "successor" in Sentences
- He authorized his successor.
- It was the successor of the Jutrzenka.
- It is the successor of Star Wraith II.
- He was the successor to the Ching Dynasty.
- He is the successor of his father's company.
- He is the successor of the original Kangaroo.
- The Intel 8080 was the successor to the 8008.
- Diesel is the successor of the Cecil language.
- The Zhou Dynasty was the successor to the Shang.
- The procedure evaluates the successors of the parent.
- Indeed, depending on who her successor is there, the net impact could even be negative.
- The real-estate investment trust said the search for a successor is already underway, and will include both internal and external candidates.
- On the expiration of his term, a United States attorney shall continue to perform the duties of his office until his successor is appointed and qualifies.
- That's particularly true when the successor is an outsider, who must not only learn the job but get to know the company's customers, shareholders and culture.
- Our existing President, Simon Hughes, will end his term of office on December 31st - the election of his successor is a chance for you to decide who will be, in the words of the Constitution, "the principal public representative of the Party and Chair of the Federal Executive".
- It would be absolutely dreadful, for example, if an incapicated president (assuming no vice president) were succeeded by a Speaker of the House of the other party -- a good reason for repealing the present Succession in Office Act -- just as it is at least questionable whether a governor should be able to change the control of the Senate by naming a successor from a different political party than the elected senator.