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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 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 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.

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   Use the word succession to describe things that follow one another, as well as the order in which they do so. The Vice President is first in line of succession to be the President and the Secretary of State is fourth.

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   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.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › successionSuccession - definition of succession by The Free Dictionary

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   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.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionsuccession noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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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.