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Dictionary Entries (11 more entries. View all »)
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
suc·ces·sion    Audio Help   [suhk-sesh-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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.
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME < L successiōn- (s. of successiō) a following (someone) in office, equiv. to success(us), ptp. of succédere to succeed + -iōn- -ion]

—Related forms
suc·ces·sion·al, adjective
suc·ces·sion·al·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. See series.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  succession
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  alphabetical, categorical, consecutive, hereditary, ordered, repetitive, sequacious, sequential, seriate, succedent, successive
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  succession
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  alternation, chain, consecution, continuation, course, cycle, order, progression, run, sequacity, sequence, series, string, subsequence, train
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  order
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A way in which things follow each other in space or time.
Synonyms:  consecution, procession, sequence
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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succession: see ecology. 
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