succeeding

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

/səkˈsiːdɪŋ/

Following, next in order.

At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

noun

success

It is good for a man in the midst of prosperity to fear a Ruin, and in the midst of adversity to hope for better succeedings.1722, Nicholas Ling, John Bodenham, Wits Common-wealth, page 105:

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