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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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   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 new succession?

   • A set of persons or things succeeding in the place of others. That That, which look'd like Pride in some, and like Petulance in others, would..be in time wrought off, or, in a new Succession, reform'd. While the one Spirit's plastic stress Sweeps through the dull dense world, compelling there, All new successions to the forms they wear.

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   What is the course of succession?

   • The course of succession is the healthy habit of the British constitution. History of the War of the Succession in Spain. The dangers of a disputed succession being now terminated. An Act for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Succession to Property. She stood in order of succession to the duchy. I.5.b. Phrases.

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   Succession is a noun that means a number of similar events or people that happen after each other, or a process in which someone automatically takes an official position or job. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and synonyms of succession with Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Succession is the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events. It can also refer to the right, act, or process of one person succeeding another, or the replacement of one community by another in ecology.

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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 means a number of similar events or people that happen, exist, etc after each other, or an arrangement in which someone takes an official position or job after someone else. See more meanings, translations and usage examples of succession in English and other languages.