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# successor

«successor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who takes over a job, title or position after…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#m1)

2) A successor is something that comes after and replaces something else, like a newer model of a phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#m2)

3) (maths) The successor of a whole number is the number that comes right after it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#x1)
- (Bible) Joshua was chosen as the successor of Moses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#x2)
- The head teacher's successor starts next term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#x3)
- The new game is the successor to last year's hit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#x4)
- (maths) The successor of 99 is 100. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#x5)
- The king had no son, so there was no clear successor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#x6)
- She is a worthy successor to the old captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#x7)
- I shall feel that I have a worthy successor, and shall cheerfully retire from the fatigues of government." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/#x8)

### 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

- [Catholics see the Pope as the successor of the apostle Peter; other churches do not accept his authority.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «successor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.