succession

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a group of people or things arranged or following in order

   a succession of stalls offering soft drinks

2. 2
   noun

   An act, process, or instance of succeeding:

   In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station.

3. 3
   noun

   acquisition of property by descent or by will

4. 4
   noun

   the action of following in order

5. 5
   noun

   a following of one thing after another in time

6. 6
   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

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old French succession, from Latin successiō (noun).