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Noun: succession suk'seshun- A following of one thing after another in time
- sequence, chronological sequence, successiveness, chronological succession - 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
- sequence - (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 - 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 |