Succession - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a group of people or things arranged or following in order
a succession of failures
- (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
- acquisition of property by descent or by will
Extra examples
As third in the line of succession, she would only become queen if her brothers both died or became ineligible.
Adams took a succession of jobs which have stood him in good stead.
She is now seventh in line of succession to the throne.
Scoring three goals in quick succession, he made it 10-8.
...a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief...
...a determinate order of succession to the throne...
...the endless succession of incomings had us wondering how we would ever find room for everyone...
...a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances...
The succession of light and darkness, the vicissitude of the seasons.
Henry the Eighth wanted a male heir to ensure the Tudor line of succession.
Three bombs went off in quick succession (=quickly, one after the other).
He fired three times in rapid succession (=one after another).
The children were educated at home by a succession of tutors.
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