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   succession

   /səkˈsɛʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other: "she had been secretary to a succession of board directors" Similar sequenceseriesprogressioncoursechaincycleroundstringtrainlineline-upruncontinuationflowstreamconcatenation
   • ▪ 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 is succession noun?

   • Definition of succession noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [countable, usually singular] a number of people or things that follow each other in time or order synonym series He's been hit by a succession of injuries since he joined the team. in succession She has won the award for the third year in succession.

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   What is ecological succession?

   • Also called ecological succession.Ecology. the progressive replacement of one community by another until a climax community is established. The gradual replacement of one type of ecological community by another in the same area, involving a series of orderly changes, especially in the dominant vegetation.

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   Who is first in line of succession?

   • The Vice President is first in line of succession to be the President and the Secretary of State is fourth. Sometimes when a leader dies, the one who rules after him is determined not by law as in the U.S. or blood as in a monarchy but by the dying leader himself. Dictators often groom one of their sons for succession.

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   What does success mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! 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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   Succession is a noun that means a number of similar events or people that happen after each other, or a process in which someone automatically takes an official position or job. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and synonyms of succession with Cambridge Dictionary.

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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.

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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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    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)