[{"word":"succeeding","phonetic":"/səkˈsiːdɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/səkˈsiːdɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Autumn succeeds summer."},{"definition":"To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime."},{"definition":"To fall heir to; to inherit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king."},{"definition":"To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To support; to prosper; to promote.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To go under cover.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["come after","do well","flourish"],"antonyms":["precede","fail","fall on one's face","fail"]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Success","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Following, next in order.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["next"],"antonyms":["preceding"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succeed","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succeeding"]}]