Immediate
Immediate adjective - Done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time.
Succeeding and immediate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Succeeding" instead an adjective "Immediate".
Nearby Words: immediately, immediacy
Succeeding
Succeeding adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Usage example: the couple purchased some land, and in the course of the succeeding year built a house on it
Immediate and succeeding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Immediate" instead an adjective "Succeeding".
Both words in one sentence
- This is Ruin's immediate goal in Mistborn, and he comes uncomfortably close to succeeding.
Source: Apocalypse How / Class X - Compare the subtrope Boxed Crook, when they are offered immediate freedom upon succeeding at a Suicide Mission.
Source: Recruiting the Criminal -
Flutie's immediate characterization paints him as aspiring to this archetype rather than succeeding in it.
Source: Granola Girl
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