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

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   succession noun. Meaning & use. I. The action of succeeding, and related uses. I.1.a. c1405–. The action of a person or thing following, or succeeding to the place of, another; the coming of one person or thing after another; also, the passing from one act or state to another; an instance of this. c1405 (c1385)

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   [countable, usually singular] a number of people or things that follow each other in time or order synonym series. a succession of visitors. 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. They had three children in quick succession.

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   noun. the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession. 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.

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   Succession definition, the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession. See more.

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   1. the act or an instance of one person or thing following another. 2. a number of people or things following one another in order. 3. the act, process, or right by which one person succeeds to the office, etc, of another. 4. the order that determines how one person or thing follows another. 5. (Heraldry) a line of descent to a title, etc.