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1. A following of one thing after another in time
   "the doctor saw a succession of patients"; "the doctor saw a chronological succession of patients"
   - sequence, chronological sequence, successiveness, chronological succession
    
2. A group of people or things arranged or following in order
   "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"
    
3. The action of following in order
   "he played the trumps in succession"
   - sequence
    
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
   - ecological succession
    
5. Acquisition of property by descent or by will
   - taking over

Derived forms: successions

See also: succeed

Type of: acquisition, action, activity, natural action, natural process, order, ordering, series, temporal arrangement, temporal order

Encyclopedia: Succession