succession

Words with a similar base: chronological_succession, ecological_succession, succession

'succession'

[sequence.n.02] as in: a following of one thing after another in time

Examples:
the doctor saw a sequence of patients

'succession'

[succession.n.02] as in: a group of people or things arranged or following in order

Examples:
a succession of stalls offering soft drinks
a succession of failures

'succession'

[succession.n.03] as in: the action of following in order

Examples:
he played the trumps in sequence

'succession'

[succession.n.04] as in: (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

'succession'

[succession.n.05] as in: acquisition of property by descent or by will

Origins

					succession (English)
└── successio (Latin)

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