successor to someone
1successor — UK US /səkˈsesər/ noun [C] ► someone or something that comes after another person or thing: successor to sb/sth »She has been appointed successor to the retiring chief executive. »Network Rail is the successor to Railtrack and runs lines and… …
2successor */*/ — UK [səkˈsesə(r)] / US [səkˈsesər] noun [countable] Word forms successor : singular successor plural successors someone who has an important position after someone else. Someone who has the position before someone else is called their predecessor… …
3successor — suc|ces|sor [ sək sesər ] noun count ** 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.… …
4successor — suc|ces|sor [səkˈsesə US ər] n 1.) someone who takes a job or position previously held by someone else →↑predecessor ▪ His successor died after only 15 months in office. ▪ I m sure she will be worthy successor (=someone who is very good and… …
5Successor — A successor can refer to* Someone who, or something which succeeds or comes after (see success and succession).In mathematics: * A successor cardinal. * A successor ordinal. * A successor function. * A successor vertex.In music: * Successor , an… …
6successor — noun (C) 1 someone who takes a position previously held by someone else (+ as): His successor as chairman takes over next week. 2 formal a machine, system etc that exists after another one in a process of development: the transistor s successor,… …
7successor — [[t]səkse̱sə(r)[/t]] successors N COUNT: oft poss N, N to n Someone s successor is the person who takes their job after they have left. He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors... ...several critics hailed him then as …
8successor — [səkˈsesə] noun [C] 1) someone who has an important position after someone else 2) an organization or machine that replaces something that did the same job before …
9successor — /səkˈsɛsə / (say suhk sesuh) noun 1. someone or something that succeeds or follows. 2. someone who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like. {Latin; replacing Middle English successour, from Anglo French} …
10take someone's place — To act as substitute for, or successor to, someone • • • Main Entry: ↑place * * * take someone’s place take the place of someone phrase to do something instead of someone else No one could ever take the place of her father. Joe resigned as… …
