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successor
What does successor mean?
successor (noun): a person who follows next in order.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use successor in a sentence?
- They haven't yet named her successor. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce successor?
/səkˈsɛsɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does successor come from?
From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to successor
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “successor” mean?
any interconnected group or system
Not quite: that's what network means.
a person who follows next in order
Right! That's what “successor” means.
more than half (50%) of some group
Not quite: that's what majority means.
a device to measure mass or weight
Not quite: that's what scale means.
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