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Definitions for Succession
[1] the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
[2] a number of persons or things following one another in order or sequence.
[3] the right, act, or process, by which one person succeeds to the office, rank, estate, or the like, of another.
[4] the order or line of those entitled to succeed one another.
[5] the descent or transmission of a throne, dignity, estate, or the like.
[6] Also called ecological succession. Ecology . the progressive replacement of one community by another until a climax community is established.
[7] the act or an instance of one person or thing following another
[8] a number of people or things following one another in order
[9] the act, process, or right by which one person succeeds to the office, etc, of another
[10] the order that determines how one person or thing follows another
[11] a line of descent to a title, etc
[12] ecology the sum of the changes in the composition of a community that occur during its development towards a stable climax community
[13] in succession in a manner such that one thing is followed uninterruptedly by another
Words related to Succession
series, sequence, string, progression, cycle, continuity, concatenation, run, chain, continuation, alternation, course, train, line, order, subsequence, consecution, sequacity
Words nearby Succession
succeeding, succentor, success, success story, successful, succession, succession of crops, succession state, successive, successor, succinate
Origin of Succession
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin successiōn- (stem of successiō ) a following (someone) in office, equivalent to success(us ), past participle of succēdere to succeed + -iōn- -ion
Other words from Succession
suc·ces·sion·al , adjective
suc·ces·sion·al·ly , adverb
non·suc·ces·sion , noun
non·suc·ces·sion·al , adjective
non·suc·ces·sion·al·ly , adverb
Word origin for Succession
C14: from Latin successio, from succēdere to succeed