successor
part of speech
noun (a successor, successors)
meaning for a pupil
1) A successor is a person who takes over a job, title or position after someone else leaves it, like the next king or the next head teacher. tree →
2) A successor is something that comes after and replaces something else, like a newer model of a phone. tree →
3) (maths) The successor of a whole number is the number that comes right after it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons, a king's successor is usually his eldest child; in the Bible, Joshua was the successor of Moses and Elisha the successor of Elijah. In maths, the successor of 9 is 10 (add one), and the predecessor of 9 is 8. In everyday life a new phone model is the successor of the old one. Phrases: "successor to", "a worthy successor", "name a successor".
examples
- Prince Charles was the successor to Queen Elizabeth. tree →
- (Bible) Joshua was chosen as the successor of Moses. tree →
- The head teacher's successor starts next term. tree →
- The new game is the successor to last year's hit. tree →
- (maths) The successor of 99 is 100. tree →
- The king had no son, so there was no clear successor. tree →
- She is a worthy successor to the old captain. tree →
- I shall feel that I have a worthy successor, and shall cheerfully retire from the fatigues of government." tree →
note
Countable: a successor, successors. Opposite: predecessor (the one who came before). Verb: succeed (to follow after); noun: succession. In maths, successor of n = n + 1; predecessor of n = n − 1. Do not confuse with "success" (doing well), though the words are related.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «successor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.