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successor


successor AC /səkˈsesə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun
: ↑success, ↑succession, ↑successor; adjective: ↑successful ≠ ↑unsuccessful, ↑successive; verb: ↑succeed; adverb: ↑successfully ≠ ↑unsuccessfully]
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 a worthy successor (=someone who is very good and deserves to be someone’s successor).
successor to
her successor to the post
successor as
Sloan will be Barrett’s successor as treasurer.
2. formal a machine, system etc that exists after another one in a process of development:
the transistor’s successor, the microchip
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COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a worthy successor (=someone who is good and deserves to be someone's successor) He is proving to be a worthy successor to his father in the business.
a possible/potential successor He had been tipped as a possible successor to the president.
a likely successor Who is his most likely successor as Director of the BBC World Service?
a natural successor Murray was viewed as the natural successor to Henman as Britain's top player.
an obvious successor He doesn't have an obvious successor as leader.
somebody's immediate successor (=the person who has their job or position next) Valentinian's immediate successor, Petronius Maximus, was killed in 455.
verbs
choose/appoint a successor The Board met to choose his successor.
find a successor Non-executive director John Evans will act as chairman until a permanent successor is found.
elect a successor Ghanaians went to the polls to elect President Rawlings's successor.
name a successor (=tell people who the successor will be) The company is expected to name a successor for Corbett in May.
be tipped as somebody's successor (=be said to be a possible or likely successor) When Tizard was about to retire as chairman, Cockcroft was tipped as his successor.

successorhu
[sək'sesə]
danh từ
người kế vị, người nối ngôi; người thừa tự; người nối nghiệp


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