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succession   (TTS Sound)

The noun succession has 5 senses

• sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession -- (a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients")


• succession -- (a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures")


• succession, sequence -- (the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence")


• succession, ecological succession -- ((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)


• succession, taking over -- (acquisition of property by descent or by will)