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   Suc·ces·sion

   /səkˈseSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other: "she had been secretary to a succession of board directors" Similar sequenceseriesprogressioncoursechaincycleroundstringtrainlinelineupruncontinuationflowstreamconcatenation
   • ▪ a group of strata representing a single chronological sequence: "the Cretaceous succession"
   • 2. the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.: "the new king was already elderly at the time of his succession" Similar accessionelevationinheritance ofassumption of
   • ▪ the right or sequence of inheriting a position, title, etc.: "the succession to the Crown was disputed" Similar line of descentlinedescentancestral lineblood lineancestrydynastylineagegenealogyheritagepedigreeextractionderivationstockstrainbackground
   • ▪ the process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached.

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting legal transmission of an estate or the throne to another, also in the sense ‘successors, heirs’): from Old French, or from Latin successio(n-), from the verb succedere (see succeed).

   Derivatives

   • 1. successional adjective

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   What does succession mean?

   • a number of persons or things following one another in order or sequence. the right, act, or process, by which one person succeeds to the office, rank, estate, or the like, of another. the order or line of those entitled to succeed one another. the descent or transmission of a throne, dignity, estate, or the like. Also called ecological succession.

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   What is a succession of things of the same kind?

   • A succession of things of the same kind is a number of them that exist or happen one after the other. Scoring three goals in quick succession, he made it 10-8. She has won the championship for the third year in succession. Succession is the fact or right of being the next person to have an important job or position.

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   How do you use succession in a sentence?

   • Dictators often groom one of their sons for succession. Figuratively, you can use succession to indicate that one thing after another has come and gone without taking hold. The storefront has been home to a succession of businesses, all of which have failed. Fashions come and go in quick succession. loading examples...

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   What is a succession in the Bible?

   • We use them because you’re talking about in a succession, you’re talking about a heart transplant for the church and you know, Jesus is the heart of the church. William: 19:17 But within the staff, the pastor is the heartbeat of the church. And a succession is a question of bringing an outsider inside the body to be the heart of the church.

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   The meaning of SUCCESSION is the order in which or the conditions under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, title, or throne. How to use succession in a sentence.

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   Succession definition: the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events. See examples of SUCCESSION used in a sentence.

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   SUCCESSION definition: 1. a number of similar events or people that happen, exist, etc. after each other: 2. happening…. Learn more.

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   Definitions of succession. noun. acquisition of property by descent or by will. synonyms: taking over. see more. noun. a group of people or things arranged or following in order. “a succession of stalls offering soft drinks” “a succession of failures” see more. noun. the action of following in order. synonyms: sequence. see more. noun.

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   1. the coming of one person or thing after another in order or in the course of events. 2. a number of persons or things following one another in order. 3. the right, act, or process by which one person succeeds to the office, rank, estate, or the like of another.

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   6 days ago · succession in American English. (səkˈsɛʃən ) noun. 1. the act of succeeding or coming after another in order or sequence or to an office, estate, throne, etc. 2. the right to succeed to an office, estate, etc. 3. a number of persons or things coming one after another in time or space; series; sequence.

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   SUCCESSION definition: 1. a number of similar events or people that happen, exist, etc after each other: 2. If several…. Learn more.