succession C1 Topic:People & Society US /səkˈsɛʃən/ UK /səkˈsɛʃ.ən/ See IPA manual Freq #15118 Meanings 1 noun A number of people or things that follow one after another. A succession of visitors arrived throughout the afternoon. 2 noun The act of following one after another in time or order. The team won the title for the fourth year in succession. 3 noun The process by which one person takes over an official position or title from another. The question of succession to the throne divided the country. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a number of people or... sequenceseries 2 noun · the act of following one... sequence 3 noun · the process by which one... taking over Word family Forms successions Derived forms successionalsuccessionary Related forms successive Common collocations ecological succession Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old French succession, from Latin successiō (noun). succession Old French successiō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # succession **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /səkˈsɛʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /səkˈsɛʃ.ən/ **Frequency rank:** 15118 ## Meanings 1. A number of people or things that follow one after another. 2. The act of following one after another in time or order. 3. The process by which one person takes over an official position or title from another. ## Examples - A succession of visitors arrived throughout the afternoon. - The team won the title for the fourth year in succession. - The question of succession to the throne divided the country. ## Derived Forms - successional - successionary ## Related Forms - successive ## Roots and Affixes - Root: succession - Root: successiō ## Etymology Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old French succession, from Latin successiō (noun). ## AI Etymology Succession is inherited from Middle English an uncertain form, from Old French succession, from Latin successiō (noun). In present-day use, it can mean a number of people or things that follow one after another, or the act of following one after another in time or order. Related forms include successive. Derived formations include successional, successionary. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown