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succession

/ succession /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
acquisition of property by descent or by will
Type of:
acquisition
noun Sense 2
the action of following in order
"he played the trumps in sequence"
Type of:
order ordering
Kinds of:
alternation
Derived:
sequence succeed come after follow
noun Sense 3
a group of people or things arranged or following in order
"a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"
"a succession of failures"
Type of:
series
Kinds of:
cascade parade streak run
noun Sense 4
(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
Type of:
natural process natural action action
Domain:
ecology bionomics environmental science
noun Sense 5
a following of one thing after another in time
"the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
Type of:
temporal arrangement temporal order
Kinds of:
rain pelting rotation row run
Derived:
succeed come after follow sequence
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
27
Times Searched
1
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acquisition order ordering alternation series cascade parade streak run natural process natural action action