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present participle of succeed.

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succeeding

[suhk-see-ding] / səkˈsi dɪŋ /

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All (4) Adverb (3) Noun (1)

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in turn adv.
later adv.
ulteriorly adv.
attainment n.

ADVERB

in turn

Synonyms

WEAK

consecutively following in order in sequence one after another orderly sequential successively

Antonyms

WEAK

out of turn

ADVERB

later

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afterward again next subsequently thereafter

STRONG

after

WEAK

at another time behind by and by come Sunday down the line down the road in a while in time infra later on latterly more recent

Antonyms

STRONGEST

earlier

WEAK

before

ADVERB

ulteriorly

Synonyms

WEAK

after after a while afterward afterwards again at another time behind by and by come Sunday down the line down the road in a while in time infra later on latterly more recent next subsequently thereafter

NOUN

attainment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fulfillment realization

STRONG

acquirement acquisition arrival completion feat finish getting procurement reaching winning

WEAK

arete gaining obtaining reaping securing

Antonyms

WEAK

failure forfeit loss miss surrender

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succeeding

In “Buddenbrooks,” Thomas Mann depicted succeeding generations living comfortably on inherited wealth while progressively losing the hard bourgeois virtues that created it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Prosperity’s great paradox may be its failure to teach succeeding generations how difficult it was to create, and how easily it can be lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

But the coaches know they have someone passionate about succeeding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Departing alone from Pakistan, he tried a dozen times to cross into Europe via Greece then Bulgaria before succeeding.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

For two succeeding years I was alone each winter for eight months at a stretch in the Sierra Nevada mountains on Lake Tahoe.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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