the order or right of succeeding to a property, title, office, or throne
the line having such a right
the act of following in order; sequence
(treated as sing. or pl) a number of people or things that follow each other in sequence
the act or process of becoming entitled to a deceased person's property or title
the change in the composition of an ecological community as the competing organisms respond to and modify the environment
in succession
following one another without interruption
successional adj
[Middle English via French from Latin succession-, successio, from succedere: see succeed]