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- DictionarySuc·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"
- 2. the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.: "the new king was already elderly at the time of his succession"
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.
SUCCESSION definition: 1. a number of similar events or people that happen, exist, etc. after each other: 2. happening…. Learn more.
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.
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again. type of: order, ordering. the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement. noun. a following of one thing after another in time. synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, successiveness. see more. see less.
Succession is the fact or right of being the next person to have an important job or position.
Definition of succession noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.