succession

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters.

2. 2noun

   A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology.

3. 3noun

   An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.

4. 4noun

   The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne.

5. 5noun

   The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order.

6. 6noun

   The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir.

7. 7noun

   acquisition of property by descent or by will

8. 8noun

   the action of following in order

   "he played the trumps in sequence"

   Synonyms

   sequence
9. 9noun

   a following of one thing after another in time

   "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

   Synonyms

   sequencesuccessiveness
10. 10noun

    a group of people or things arranged or following in order

    "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"

    "a succession of failures"

11. 11noun

    (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