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successor
English
Alternative forms
- successour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?k?s?s?(?)/, /?s?ks?s?(?)/, /?s?ks?s??(?)/, /?s?ks?s??/
Noun
successor (plural successors)
- A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
- George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
- The next heir in order or succession.
- A person who inherits a title or office.
- (arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
- A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.
Synonyms
- (person or thing that immediately follows another): aftercomer (uncommon); see also Thesaurus:successor
Antonyms
- (person or thing that immediately follows another): predecessor; see also Thesaurus:predecessor
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin successor.
Noun
successor m (plural successors, feminine successora)
- successor
Related terms
- succeir
Further reading
- “successor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “successor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “successor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “successor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Etymology
From succ?d?.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suk?kes.sor/, [s??k?k?s???r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sut?t??es.sor/, [sut?t???s??r]
Noun
successor m (genitive success?ris, feminine succestr?x); third declension
- follower, successor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- successor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- successor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- successor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin successor.
Noun
successor m (plural successors)
- successor
Related terms
- succedir
- successiu
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recipient
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipi?ns, present participle of recipi? (“to receive”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???s?p.i.?nt/
- IPA(key): /??.?s?.pi.?nt/
Noun
recipient (plural recipients)
- One who receives.
- the recipient of money or goods
- My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.
- (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
- (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
Usage notes
"Recipient" is often reserved for the act of receiving such things as awards or medals. "receiver" is used for insignificant items.
Translations
Adjective
recipient (not comparable)
- receiving
See also
- Still on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recipiens, recipientem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /r?.si.pi?ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /r?.si.pi?en/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.si.pi?ent/
Noun
recipient m (plural recipients)
- recipient, container
Related terms
- rebre
Latin
Verb
recipient
- third-person plural future active indicative of recipi?
Romanian
Etymology
From French récipient
Noun
recipient n (plural recipiente)
- container
Declension
recipient From the web:
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- what recipient name
- what recipient address
- what's recipient reference
- what recipient number
- what's recipient country
- what recipient definition
- what recipient bank means
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