Succeeding meaning : To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful. To fall heir to; to inherit. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. To support; to prosper; to promote. To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. To go under cover. Success Following, next in order.