Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that succeeds another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character: correlative to predecessor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to
predecessor .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person or thing that
immediately follows another in holding anoffice ortitle . - noun The next
heir in order orsuccession . - noun A person who
inherits atitle oroffice . - noun arithmetic, set theory The
integer orcardinal immediatelyfollowing another.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
- noun a person who inherits some title or office
- noun a person who follows next in order
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Examples
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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.
What Warren got right Jena McGregor 2010
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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.
On Leadership: What Warren Buffett did right Jena McGregor 2010
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Indeed, depending on who her successor is there, the net impact could even be negative.
Matthew Yglesias » Janet Yellen Tapped for Fed Vice Chair 2010
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The real-estate investment trust said the search for a successor is already underway, and will include both internal and external candidates.
Segro CEO to Step Down Anita Likus 2010
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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.
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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".
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
Balkinization 2006
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