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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 is succession noun?

   • Definition of succession noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [countable, usually singular] a number of people or things that follow each other in time or order synonym series He's been hit by a succession of injuries since he joined the team. in succession She has won the award for the third year in succession.

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   Who is first in line of succession?

   • The Vice President is first in line of succession to be the President and the Secretary of State is fourth. Sometimes when a leader dies, the one who rules after him is determined not by law as in the U.S. or blood as in a monarchy but by the dying leader himself. Dictators often groom one of their sons for 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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   What is a war of succession?

   • the succession: the conditions under which successors to a particular estate, throne, etc. are appointed. war of succession: a war to settle a dispute as to the succession to a particular throne. That he shulde haue .MMM. markes yerelye, as before was promysed vnto hym..with other condycions of Successyon.

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