possible successor

collocation in English

meaningsofpossibleandsuccessor

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possible
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us
/ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
able to be done or achieved, or able ...
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successor
noun[C]
uk
/səkˈses.ər/us
/səkˈses.ɚ/
someone or something that comes after another person ...
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(Definition ofpossibleandsuccessorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Obviously the cost of apossiblesuccessorvaries between the options and is a factor in choosing between them.
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The only reason that we can think of for his remaining in office is the identity of hispossiblesuccessor.
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I think he is an almost infinitely better man than the one most canvassed as hispossiblesuccessor.
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We concluded in the strategic defence review that no decision on anypossiblesuccessorsystem would be needed for several years.
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We are actively considering the question of apossiblesuccessorsystem.
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The consultants' report of the review of both schemes has been under consideration, and my officials and the agency are currently discussingpossiblesuccessorarrangements.
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Furthermore, let it be remembered that this provision would put a premium upon spite felt by an inheritor of a title for hispossiblesuccessor.
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He is reported to have a strong influence over his father and is talked about as hispossiblesuccessor.
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Cuno was thepossiblesuccessorof childless emperor.
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Mojtaba is reported to have a strong influence over his father and is talked about as hispossiblesuccessor.
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A six-month mourning period was observed, during which it was taboo to mention apossiblesuccessor.
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Next, it determines for each completed state its possible successors, using the transition constraints.
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The weakness of limiting possible successors, in the extreme way the poet asks us to consider, is that if a king does not have a son his people risk destruction.
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Palmerston was not expected to outlive the parliament, and speculation turned to possible successors and the new politics that would emerge after his death.
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It is a very different thing to say that because we cannot identify them to-day they are therefore extinct and have no possible successors.
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No decisions have been taken about possible successors and the early press speculation has embraced more than one name.
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Therefore, we need not be unduly sensitive about giving our possible successors a fair show.
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We are accused of setting out to make things more difficult for possible successors.
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This does not bind the possible successors of my right honourable friend any more than his own promise in fact binds him morally.
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As his health continued to deteriorate in 1851 following months of fruitless discussions about possible successors, the heir to the throne remained unnamed.
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