Words · Common
succession
/səkˈsɛʃən/ · 10 letters · 7 distinct letters
- noun
a following of one thing after another in time
the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun
a group of people or things arranged or following in order
a succession of stalls offering soft drinks
- noun
the action of following in order
he played the trumps in sequence
- 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
- noun
acquisition of property by descent or by will