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succeedingsucceeding /səkˈsidɪŋ/ adjective THESAURUSthe next day, time, event, etc. is the one that happens after the present one► nextthe next day, time, event, etc. is the one that happens after the present one: His next job was in a hotel. The next flight leaves in 45 minutes. ► following the following day, month, year, etc. is the next day, month, year, etc.: He was sick in the evening, but the following day he felt better. ► subsequent formal happening or coming after something else: Subsequent research has proved Dr. Kim’s theories to be true. ► succeeding formal coming after something or someone else in time. Used about weeks, months, years, etc., or about groups of people: In the succeeding weeks, he gradually grew stronger. Succeeding generations will remember the mistakes we made here. ► later a later date, time, etc. is one that comes in the future, or after something else: We’ll discuss this at a later time. ► ensuing formal happening after something, often as a result of it: He realized, in the ensuing silence, that he had said the wrong thing. ► future happening or existing at a time after the present, especially at a time that is far ahead: We are a small company today, but we are planning for future growth. coming after something else: She became more well known with each succeeding novel.► see thesaurus at next1 |