succession

Meanings

Plural: successions

Noun

• a following of one thing after another in time
• a group of people or things arranged or following in order
  • "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"
  • "a succession of failures"
• the action of following in order
• (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
• An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
• An act of following in sequence.
• An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
• A sequence of things in order.
• An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
• A passing of royal powers.
• An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
• A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
• An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
• A race or series of descendants.
• An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
• Rotation, as of crops.
• An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
• A right to take possession.
• An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
• In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
• An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
• The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.

Synonyms

chronological sequence, chronological succession, ecological succession, posteriority, sequence, successiveness, taking over

Related Words

successive