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successor

释义

successor

noun countable

UK /səkˈsesə(r)/

Word Forms

singular	successor
plural	successors

1
someone who has an important position after someone else. Someone who has the position before someone else is called their predecessor
successor to:
They haven’t yet named a successor to the outgoing CEO.
successor as:
His successor as president of the council was Enrique Baron.
find/appoint/choose a successor:
the meeting to appoint a successor to Dr Yates
possible/ likely/potential successor:
He had been widely regarded as a possible successor to Kohl.
Synonyms and related words
Colleagues
colleague
counterpart
associate
1. 1a
  used about something such as an organization or machine that replaces something that did the same job before
  The Russian Federal Security Service is the main successor to the KGB.
  Synonyms and related words
  Replacements
  assignee
  replacement
  substitute
2. 1b
  used about someone who continues the work of, or who reaches the standard of, someone who came before them
  a worthy/natural/true successor:
  She proved herself a worthy successor.
  Synonyms and related words
  Replacements
  assignee
  replacement
  substitute

successor

noun countable

US /səkˈsesər/

Word Forms

singular	successor
plural	successors

1
someone who has an important position after someone else. Someone who has the position before someone else is called their predecessor
successor to:
They haven’t yet named a successor to the outgoing CEO.
successor as:
His successor as president of the council was Enrique Baron.
find/appoint/choose a successor:
the meeting to appoint a successor to Dr. Yates
possible/ likely/potential successor:
He had been widely regarded as a possible successor to Kohl.
Synonyms and related words
Colleagues
colleague
counterpart
associate
1. 1a
  used about something such as an organization or machine that replaces something that did the same job before
  The Russian Federal Security Service is the main successor to the KGB.
  Synonyms and related words
  Replacements
  assignee
  replacement
  substitute
2. 1b
  used about someone who continues the work of, or who reaches the standard of, someone who came before them
  a worthy/natural/true successor:
  She proved herself a worthy successor.
  Synonyms and related words
  Replacements
  assignee
  replacement
  substitute

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