successor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- successour (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
successor (plural successors)
- A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
- George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
- 2003, Tu Cheng-sheng, translated by Paul Cooper, Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century[1], →OCLC, →OL, page 27:
- After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor.
- 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[2]:
- As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.
- 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.
- A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.
Synonyms edit
- (person or thing that immediately follows another): aftercomer (uncommon); see also Thesaurus:successor
Antonyms edit
- (person or thing that immediately follows another): predecessor; see also Thesaurus:predecessor
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
person or thing that immediately follows another
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next heir in order or succession
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person who inherits a title or office
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integer or cardinal immediately following another
See also edit
Other terms used in arithmetic operations:
- successor
- addition, summation:
- subtraction:
- (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication, factorization:
- (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)
- (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)
- division:
- exponentiation:
- root extraction:
- logarithmization:
- log(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)
Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin successōrem.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
successor (feminine successora, masculine plural successors, feminine plural successores)
Noun edit
successor m (plural successors, feminine successora)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “successor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “successor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “successor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “successor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From succēdō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sukˈkes.sor/, [s̠ʊkˈkɛs̠ːɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sutˈt͡ʃes.sor/, [sutˈt͡ʃɛsːor]
Noun edit
successor m (genitive successōris, feminine succestrīx); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | successor | successōrēs |
Genitive | successōris | successōrum |
Dative | successōrī | successōribus |
Accusative | successōrem | successōrēs |
Ablative | successōre | successōribus |
Vocative | successor | successōrēs |
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: successor
- → English: successor
- → French: successeur
- → Galician: sucesor
- → Italian: successore
- → Occitan: successor
- → Portuguese: sucessor
- → Spanish: sucesor
References edit
- “successor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “successor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- successor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin successor.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
successor m (plural successors)