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Succession

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Noun

1. chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness

a following of one thing after another in time

Example Sentences:
'the doctor saw a sequence of patients'

2. succession

a group of people or things arranged or following in order

Example Sentences:
'a succession of stalls offering soft drinks'
'a succession of failures'

3. sequence, succession

the action of following in order

Example Sentences:
'he played the trumps in sequence'

4. ecological succession, succession

(ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established

5. succession, taking over

acquisition of property by descent or by will

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Succession

see synonyms of succession
noun
1. 
the act or an instance of one person or thing following another
2. 
a number of people or things following one another in order
3. 
the act, process, or right by which one person succeeds to the office, etc, of another
4. 
the order that determines how one person or thing follows another
5. 
a line of descent to a title, etc
6. ecology
the sum of the changes in the composition of a community that occur during its development towards a stable climax community
7.  in succession

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Succession

see synonyms of succession
noun
1. 
the act of succeeding or coming after another in order or sequence or to an office, estate, throne, etc.
2. 
the right to succeed to an office, estate, etc.
3. 
a number of persons or things coming one after another in time or space; series; sequence
a succession of delays
4. 
a. 
a series of heirs or rightful successors of any kind
b. 
the order or line of such a series
5.  Ecology
the slow, regular sequence of changes in the regional development of communities of plants and associated animals, culminating in a climax characteristic of a specific geographical environment

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Succession

see synonyms of succession
n.
1. The act or process of following in order or sequence.
2. A group of people or things arranged or following in order; a sequence: "A succession of one-man stalls offered soft drinks" (Alec Waugh). See Synonyms at series.
3.
a. The sequence in which one person after another succeeds to a title, throne, or position.
b. The right of a person or a line of persons to so succeed.
4.
a. The act or process of succeeding to the rights or duties of another.
b. The act or process of becoming entitled as a legal beneficiary to the property of a deceased person.
5. Ecology 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, and often resulting in the establishment of a climax community.

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