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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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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › successionSuccession Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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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.

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

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   a number of similar events or people that happen, exist, etc. after each other: succession of A succession of scandals and revelations has undermined the government over the past year. Life was just an endless succession of parties and dinners. in succession. happening one after 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. See examples of SUCCESSION used in a sentence.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › successionSuccession - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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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.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSUCCESSION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A succession of things of the same kind is a number of them that exist or happen one after the other.

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

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   a number of similar events or people that happen, exist, etc after each other: to suffer a succession of injuries. a succession of boyfriends. in quick/rapid succession. If several things happen in quick / rapid succession, they happen very quickly after each other: She had her first three children in quick succession. succession noun (POSITION)

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   Succession Definition. The act of succeeding or coming after another in order or sequence or to an office, estate, throne, etc. A group of people or things arranged or following in order; a sequence. The right to succeed to an office, estate, etc.

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   succession meaning, definition, what is succession: the act of taking over an official job o...: Learn more.

10. 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.

11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishsuccession noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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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. She has won the award for the third year in succession.