# successor

Pronunciation: US say "suhk-SES-ur" /səkˈsɛsɚ/; UK say "suhk-SES-uh" /səkˈsɛsə/

## Noun

1. A person or thing that immediately takes over another's office or title.
   - Simple: The person or thing that comes next in holding a job, title, or position.
   - _When the CEO retired, the board appointed her successor within a week._
   - _The dynasty collapsed because no clear successor had been named._
2. Someone to whom another person's title or office passes by inheritance.
   - Simple: Someone who takes over a title or job by inheriting it from another person.
   - _Upon the duke's death, his nephew was confirmed as the lawful successor._
   - _Having no children, the baron left his sister's son as his successor._
3. The next heir in the established order of succession.
   - Simple: The next person in line to receive a title, property, or position.
   - _Genealogists studied the family tree to identify the rightful successor to the estate._
   - _Under the rules of primogeniture, the firstborn child is the successor._
4. The integer, ordinal, or cardinal number that immediately follows another.
   - Simple: The number that comes right after another, found by adding one.
   - _The successor of any integer is found by adding one to it._
   - _Counting works by repeatedly taking the successor of the current number._

## Origin

From Anglo-Norman successour, itself from Latin successor.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/successor (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).