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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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   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.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSUCCESSION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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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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   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.

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   Definition of succession noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

7. www.oed.com › dictionary › succession_nsuccession noun - Oxford English Dictionary

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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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   SUCCESSION meaning: 1 : the act of getting a title or right after the person who had that title or right before you has died or is no longer able or allowed to have it; 2 : the process by which this happens.

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   Definitions of 'succession'. 1. A succession of things of the same kind is a number of them that exist or happen one after the other. [...] 2. Succession is the fact or right of being the next person to have an important job or position. [...] More.

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    succession. noun. /səkˈsɛʃn/. [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.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishSUCCESSION | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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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.