successor

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Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• successour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səkˈsɛsə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /səkˈsɛsɚ/, IPA^(key): /səˈsɛsɚ/

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Noun

successor (plural successors)

1. 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, →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:

     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.

2. The next heir in order or succession.
3. A person who inherits a title or office.
4. (arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.

   A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.

Synonyms

• (person or thing that immediately follows another): aftercomer (uncommon); see also Thesaurus:successor

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “person or thing that immediately follows another”): predecessor; see also Thesaurus:predecessor

Derived terms

• successor ideology

Translations

person or thing that immediately follows another

Arabic: خَلِيف m (ḵalīf) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Azerbaijani: xələf (az) Belarusian: насту́пнiк m (nastúpnik), насту́пнiца f (nastúpnica), засту́пнiк m (zastúpnik), засту́пнiца f (zastúpnica), перае́мнік m (pjerajémnik), перае́мніца f (pjerajémnica), спадкае́мец m (spadkajémjec), спадкае́мка f (spadkajémka) Bulgarian: прие́мник (bg) m (priémnik), прие́мничка f (priémnička) Catalan: successor (ca), successora (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 繼任者 / 继任者 (zh) (jìrènzhě) Czech: následník (cs) m, následnice f, nástupce (cs) m, nástupkyně f Danish: efterfølger (da) c Dutch: opvolger (nl) m, opvolgster (nl) f Esperanto: posteulo (eo), sekvanto Finnish: seuraaja (fi) French: successeur (fr) m, successeuse (fr) f, successrice (fr) f Georgian: შემცვლელი (šemcvleli), შემდეგი (šemdegi), მემკვიდრე (memḳvidre) German: Nachfolger (de) m, Nachfolgerin (de) f Greek: διάδοχος (el) m or f (diádochos) Ancient: διάδοχος m or f (diádokhos) Hindi: उत्तराधिकारी (hi) (uttarādhikārī) Indonesian: penerus (id) Italian: successore (it) m, succeditrice f (rare), successora f Japanese: 後任 (ja) (こうにん, kōnin), 後継者 (ja) (こうけいしゃ, kōkeisha), 継承者 (ja) (けいしょうしゃ, keishōsha) Kazakh: ізбасар (ızbasar) Korean: 후임자(後任者) (ko) (hu'imja), 계승자(繼承者) (gyeseungja) Latin: successor m Ligurian: sucesô Maori: whakakapi, piki tūranga, kairīwhi Norn: efterman Norwegian: Bokmål: etterkommer (no) m, etterfølger (no) m, oppfølger m Nynorsk: etterkomar m, etterkommar m, etterfylgjar m, etterfølgar m, etterfølgjar m, oppfylgjar m, oppfølgar m, oppfølgjar m, ettermann m Old English: æfterfylgend m, æftergenga m Polish: następca (pl) m, następczyni (pl) f, sukcesor (pl) m, sukcesorka f Portuguese: sucessor (pt) m, sucessora f Romanian: succesor (ro) m, succesoare (ro) f Russian: прее́мник (ru) m (prejémnik), прее́мница (ru) f (prejémnica) Slovak: následník m, následníčka f, nástupca m, nástupkyňa f Slovene: naslednik m, naslednica f Spanish: sucesor (es), sucesora f, postremo m Turkish: halef (tr), ardıl (tr) Ukrainian: спадкоє́мець m (spadkojémecʹ), спадкоє́миця f (spadkojémycja), насту́пник m (nastúpnyk), насту́пниця f (nastúpnycja)

next heir in order or succession

Arabic: وَارِث m (wāriṯ), وَارِثَة f (wāriṯa) Azerbaijani: varis (az) Belarusian: насле́днік m (nasljédnik), насле́дніца f (nasljédnica) Bulgarian: насле́дник (bg) m (naslédnik), насле́дничка f (naslédnička) Chinese: Mandarin: 繼承人 / 继承人 (zh) (jìchéngrén) Czech: dědic (cs) m, dědička (cs) f Danish: efterfølger (da) c Esperanto: heredonto Finnish: seuraaja (fi), manttelinperijä (fi), kruununperijä (fi) French: successeur (fr) m, successeuse (fr) f, successrice (fr) f Georgian: მემკვიდრე (memḳvidre) German: Nachfolger (de) m, Nachfolgerin (de) f, Erbe (de) m, Erbin (de) f Greek: διάδοχος (el) m or f (diádochos) Ancient: διάδοχος m or f (diádokhos) Hindi: वारिस (hi) m (vāris), उत्तराधिकारी (hi) (uttarādhikārī) Indonesian: pewaris (id) Italian: erede (it) m or f Japanese: 相続人 (ja) (そうぞくじん, sōzokujin) Korean: 상속인(相續人) (sangsogin) Latin: successor m Macedonian: наследник m (naslednik), наследничка f (naslednička) Maori: piki tūranga, piki tūranga Persian: وارث (fa) (vâres) Polish: następca (pl) m, następczyni (pl) f, spadkobierca (pl) m, spadkobierczyni (pl) f, dziedzic (pl) m, dziedziczka (pl) f, sukcesor (pl) m, sukcesorka f Portuguese: sucessor (pt) m, sucessora f Russian: насле́дник (ru) m (naslédnik), насле́дница (ru) f (naslédnica) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: на́следнӣк m, на́сљеднӣк m, на́следница f, на́сљедница f Roman: následnīk (sh) m, násljednīk (sh) m, následnica f, násljednica (sh) f Slovak: dedič m, dedička f Slovene: naslednik m, naslednica f Tajik: ворис (voris) Turkish: varis (tr) Ukrainian: наслі́дник m (naslídnyk), наслі́дниця f (naslídnycja), спадкоє́мець m (spadkojémecʹ), спадкоє́миця f (spadkojémycja) Urdu: وارث m (vāris) Uzbek: voris (uz)

person who inherits a title or office

Azerbaijani: varis (az) Esperanto: posteulo (eo) Finnish: seuraaja (fi), vallanperijä Georgian: მემკვიდრე (memḳvidre) German: Nachfolger (de) m, Nachfolgerin (de) f Greek: διάδοχος (el) m or f (diádochos) Hindi: उत्तराधिकारी (hi) m (uttarādhikārī) Indonesian: pewaris (id) Italian: successore (it) m, succeditrice f Japanese: 後任 (ja) (こうにん, kōnin), 後継者 (ja) (こうけいしゃ, kōkeisha), 継承者 (ja) (けいしょうしゃ, keishōsha) Kazakh: ізбасар (ızbasar) Korean: 후임(後任) (ko) (hu'im), 후계자(後繼者) (ko) (hugyeja), 계승자(繼承者) (gyeseungja) Latin: successor m Maori: piki tūranga, whākapi Occitan: successor (oc) m Polish: następca (pl) m Portuguese: sucessor (pt) m, sucessora f Romanian: moștenitor (ro) m Russian: насле́дник (ru) m (naslédnik), насле́дница (ru) f (naslédnica), правопрее́мник (ru) m (pravoprejémnik), правопрее́мница (ru) f (pravoprejémnica) Welsh: olynydd m, olynyddes f

integer or cardinal immediately following another

Finnish: seuraaja (fi) Hindi: परवर्ती (hi) (parvartī), उत्‍तरवर्ती (ut‍tarvartī) Icelandic: eftirfari m Italian: successore (it) m Polish: następnik m

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

• successor
• addition, summation:

  (augend) + (addend) = (total)

  (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)

• subtraction:

  (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)

• multiplication, factorization:

  (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

  (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

• division:

  (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

  (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)

  Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining

• exponentiation:

  (base) ^(exponent) = (power)

• root extraction:

  ^(degree) √ (radicand) = (root)

• logarithmization:

  log_(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [suk.səˈso]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [suk.seˈsoɾ]

Adjective

successor (feminine successora, masculine plural successors, feminine plural successores)

1. (law) succeeding, following

Noun

successor m (plural successors, feminine successora)

1. successor

Related terms

• succeir

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

From succēdō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sukˈkes.sor/, [s̠ʊkˈkɛs̠ːɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sutˈt͡ʃes.sor/, [sutˈt͡ʃɛsːor]

Noun

successor m (genitive successōris, feminine succestrīx); third declension

1. follower, successor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	successor	successōrēs
genitive	successōris	successōrum
dative	successōrī	successōribus
accusative	successōrem	successōrēs
ablative	successōre	successōribus
vocative	successor	successōrēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: successor
• → English: successor
• → French: successeur
• → Galician: sucesor
• → Italian: successore
• → Occitan: successor
• → Portuguese: sucessor
• → Spanish: sucesor

References

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

successor m (plural successors)

1. successor

Related terms

• succedir
• successiu