succession

succession is a 10-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. 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. noun. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.
4. noun. 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. noun. 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. noun. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir.
7. noun. acquisition of property by descent or by will
8. noun. the action of following in order

   "he played the trumps in sequence"

   Synonyms: sequence

9. noun. a following of one thing after another in time

   "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

   Synonyms: sequence, successiveness

10. noun. a group of people or things arranged or following in order

    "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"

    "a succession of failures"

11. noun. (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

Synonyms

sequence, successiveness

Common word forms

successions, successional, successionless

Words from these letters

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