Succession (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
  2. a number of persons or things following one another in order or sequence.
  3. the right, act, or process, by which one person succeeds to the office, rank, estate, or the like, of another.
  4. the order or line of those entitled to succeed one another.
  5. the descent or transmission of a throne, dignity, estate, or the like.
  6. the progressive replacement of one community by another until a climax community is established.
noun
  1. the act or an instance of one person or thing following another
  2. a number of people or things following one another in order
  3. the act, process, or right by which one person succeeds to the office, etc, of another
  4. the order that determines how one person or thing follows another
  5. a line of descent to a title, etc
  6. the sum of the changes in the composition of a community that occur during its development towards a stable climax community
  7. in a manner such that one thing is followed uninterruptedly by another
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