Successor - English meaning

noun

A person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy.

Usage examples:

Australia would be the beneficiary of a policy it did not have to underwrite.

noun

A person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of something else

Usage examples:

Her wife was the chief beneficiary of her will.

noun

A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

Usage examples:

She's a descendant of charles darwin

noun

A person related to someone from an earlier generation (= all the people of about the same age within a particular family)

Usage examples:

The pennsylvania dutch are descendants of early german immigrants.

noun

A person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild

Usage examples:

He has no descendants., descendant of they claim to be descendants of a french duke., we owe it to …

noun

A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

Usage examples:

His eldest son and heir

noun

A person who will legally receive money, property, or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that other person dies

Usage examples:

Heir to the guest of honour was the romanov heir to the throne of all russia., son and heir despite…

noun

Someone who now has responsibility for dealing with a problem or situation that existed or was created earlier

Usage examples:

Heir to the french finance minister is heir to a tradition of central control that goes back to lou…

noun

A person who inherits something; an heir.

Usage examples:

We are the inheritors of these cultural traditions

noun

A person who receives money, property, or assets from someone who has died

Usage examples:

A survey of property inheritors confirmed that two-thirds of them promptly sold the houses they wer…

noun

A person who has been given something by someone who is dead

Usage examples:

Inheritor of figurative we are the inheritors of greek and roman culture.

noun

The action or process of replacing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The replacement of religion by poetry

noun

A thing or person that takes the place of something or someone else

Usage examples:

A replacement for sb/sth we now use leds as replacements for conventional light bulbs., a permanent…

noun

A person or thing acting or serving in place of another.

Usage examples:

Soya milk is used as a substitute for dairy milk

verb

Use or add in place of.

Usage examples:

Dried rosemary can be substituted for the fresh herb

verb

To use someone or something instead of another person or thing

Usage examples:

[ t ] you can substitute oil for butter in this recipe., [ i ] he was called on to substitute for t…