succeeding

adj

1. (not-comparable)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.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of succeed

noun

1. 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.”