Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

succeeding

/səkˈsiːdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: suc-ceed-ing
IPA: /səkˈsiːdɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Following, next in order.

verb

present participle and gerund of succeed

noun

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Inflected Forms

succeedings (plural)

Derived Forms

succeedingly unsucceeding

Synonyms

next future

Antonyms

preceding

Rhymes With

reading leading feeding bleeding breeding needing misleading preceding speeding proceeding exceeding pleading

Questions

How do you pronounce succeeding?: The recorded pronunciation is /səkˈsiːdɪŋ/.
What does succeeding mean?: Following, next in order.

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