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Definition of Succession
1. Noun. A following of one thing after another in time. "The doctor saw a sequence of patients"
Exact synonyms: Chronological Sequence, Chronological Succession, Sequence, Successiveness
Generic synonyms: Temporal Arrangement, Temporal Order
Specialized synonyms: Pelting, Rain, Rotation, Row, Run
Derivative terms: Sequence, Sequence, Sequential, Succeed, Successive
Generic synonyms: Temporal Arrangement, Temporal Order
Specialized synonyms: Pelting, Rain, Rotation, Row, Run
Derivative terms: Sequence, Sequence, Sequential, Succeed, Successive
2. Noun. A group of people or things arranged or following in order. "A succession of failures"
3. Noun. The action of following in order. "He played the trumps in sequence"
Exact synonyms: Sequence
Specialized synonyms: Chess Opening, Opening, Alternation
Generic synonyms: Order, Ordering
Derivative terms: Sequence, Sequential, Succeed
Specialized synonyms: Chess Opening, Opening, Alternation
Generic synonyms: Order, Ordering
Derivative terms: Sequence, Sequential, Succeed
4. Noun. (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.
Exact synonyms: Ecological Succession
Category relationships: Bionomics, Ecology, Environmental Science
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Category relationships: Bionomics, Ecology, Environmental Science
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
5. Noun. Acquisition of property by descent or by will.
Definition of Succession
1. n. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters.
Definition of Succession
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