noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
immediate
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Valentinian's immediate successor , Petronius Maximus, was killed in the commotion preceding the Vandal sack of Rome in 455.
likely
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Local media have tipped Donald Tsang, the Financial Secretary, to be her most likely successor .
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The fans became restless and the soccer grapevine was alive with names of likely successors to Mr Stringer.
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Also there was a bit of annoyance in Bert Millichip's voice mentioning the press speculation over likely successors .
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Berbizier's most likely successor is Pierre Villepreux, the former Toulouse coach.
natural
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He left no natural successor to take on the Nehru mantle.
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After the 1987 general election, Gould was considered Kinnock's natural successor .
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There was no natural successor to the Archon.
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He had clashes on several occasions with Erhard, for example, who seemed his natural successor .
possible
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As Jubilee 2000 draws to a close next month, climate change has been mooted as a possible successor issue.
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He has experience of leadership at all levels, as has his possible successor Ashley Metcalfe.
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Gutfruend would regularly mention Ranieri as a possible successor .
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Like the rest of the world he could see that one possible successor was larger in stature than the others.
potential
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He frequently referred to Carver as' my potential successor .
worthy
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A worthy successor has emerged with the Annual Gala, raising funds to help village projects and renovations.
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Bob Stevenson has been a worthy successor to Methodist leaders who stamped their personalities on the county.
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He has proved a worthy successor to them.
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state
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The tendency to ethnic absolutism and the one-party residue have reinforced one another in the Yugoslav successor states .
■ VERB
appoint
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He began as deputy to Sir Michael Checkland and was appointed his successor without any other candidates being interviewed.
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Clinton has appointed three successors to the vacant posts.
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Richard Baxter appointed Mr. Baldwin his successor as pastor of the believers in Kidderminster.
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On Sept. 10 Mohamed Moada was appointed as his successor .
become
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The interim government was not and did not become the constitutional successor of the Government of President Siad Barre.
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This does not mean that Bush has stolen the election, if he does become Bill Clinton's successor .
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He became recognized as the successor to the chief.
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Henry became successor to the Burghley estate and in return the ninth Earl settled his younger brother's debts.
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He was in a powerful position to become the single successor , but his luck did not hold.
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He was fortunate enough to marry Louis XII's only daughter and so became the appointed successor .
choose
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The family even deposed Emperors and chose their successors .
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It is true that just six months before his death he chose Lehna as his successor .
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In Oregon, voters have just chosen a successor to former Sen.
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Mr Zhikarev chose as his successor 40-year-old Oleg Yashin, his former deputy.
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Tiberi is the man whom President Jacques Chirac chose as his successor to run Paris when he himself became president in 1995.
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They chose their own successors , had them elected, and watched while their protégés acquired both democratic respectability and democratic unpopularity.
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The present supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, displaced Montazeri as Khomeini's chosen successor in 1989.
designate
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His designated successor , Madeleine Albright, is expected to be quickly confirmed by the Senate and sworn in next week.
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Raiders owner Al Davis designated Whittingham as the successor , and Whittingham succeeded despite the timing of the move.
elect
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The president wished his newly elected successor well.
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According to the Constitution, parliament, together with regional representatives, had 15 days from that date to elect a successor .
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Carlos Carvalhas was elected as his successor .
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Foreseeing the need to elect his successor when the time came, Omar designated a body of electors charged with the task.
find
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Clinton may have a harder time finding a successor for senior adviser and long-time confidant George Stephanopoulos.
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Arab peacemakers will presumably seek to find a successor to Muawad.
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In the autumn they must find a successor to President Kenan Evren, whose seven-year term ends in November.
name
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They also say Noorda won't name a successor until he's carried out of the building on a stretcher.
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OfficeMax said it will name a successor before its annual shareholders' meeting scheduled for May 22.
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Three weeks after Liam Brady resigned as manager, the club has formally named his successor .
nominate
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Clinton has yet to nominate a successor for Fed Gov.
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The president has not nominated a successor to Kessler.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In January 1947, Secretary of State Byrnes resigned; his successor was General Marshall.
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Many people regard him as a likely successor to the current managing director.
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Mason is Case's chosen successor as committee chairman.
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Smyth resigned as Chief Superintendent two months ago and they still haven't appointed his successor .
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The Orchestra is currently searching for a successor to music director James Sedares.
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The refrigerator was the successor to the ice box.
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Two weeks after the death of Pope John Paul, the cardinals met to elect his successor .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bryn Jones was bought from Wolves as James's successor in 1938 but war intervened to cut short his career.
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Kuum's successor in Tallinn during the Stalinist period was Hugo Oengo.
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My successor spent several months on the intercontinental telephone lines trying to locate the debtors.
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The effort is likely to be politically disastrous, even if they can agree on a successor .