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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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   What was life like in rapid succession?

   • Life was just an endless succession of parties and dinners. in rapid succession She had her first three children in rapid succession. succession to His divorce will not prevent the Prince of Wales's succession to the throne. line of succession Who comes after the vice-president in the presidential line of succession?

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   What is a succession of things of the same kind?

   • A succession of things of the same kind is a number of them that exist or happen one after the other. Scoring three goals in quick succession, he made it 10-8. She has won the championship for the third year in succession. Succession is the fact or right of being the next person to have an important job or position.

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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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    Succession is the act or process of one person or thing following another in order, sequence, or events. It can also refer to the right of succession to a title, office, or estate, or the ecological replacement of one community by another.