{
    "term": "successor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or thing that comes after somebody/something else and takes their/its place",
            "sensetop": "successor (to somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who's the likely successor to him as party leader?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their latest release is a **worthy successor** to their popular debut album."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He chose as his successor a relative newcomer to the organization."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been appointed as his successor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She will hand over to her successor in one year's time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The former newsreader is being tipped as a possible successor to the outgoing Head of Broadcasting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new Ministry of Food is the successor to the old Department of Agriculture."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["logical", "natural", "obvious"],
                "verb + successor": ["have", "appoint", "choose"],
                "successor + verb": ["take over"],
                "preposition": [
                    "as somebody’s successor",
                    "successor as",
                    "successor to"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the appointment of a successor",
                    "the choice of a successor",
                    "the election of a successor"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səkˈsesə(r)/",
                "audio": "su/successor/successor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səkˈsesər/",
                "audio": "su/successor/successor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French successour, from Latin successor, from the verb succedere ‘come close after’, from sub- ‘close to’ + cedere ‘go’."
}