SUCCESSION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • acquisition of property by descent or by will
   Synonym(s)
   • taking over (what does taking over mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) succession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • acquisition (what does acquisition mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the action of following in order
   Synonym(s)
   • sequence (what does sequence mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he played the trumps in sequence
   Hypernyms(s) succession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • ordering (what does ordering mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • alternation (what does alternation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sequence (what does sequence mean?)
   • succeed (what does succeed mean?)
   • come after (what does come after mean?)
   • follow (what does follow mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a following of one thing after another in time
   Synonym(s)
   • chronological sequence (what does chronological sequence mean?)
   • chronological succession (what does chronological succession mean?)
   • sequence (what does sequence mean?)
   • successiveness (what does successiveness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the doctor saw a sequence of patients
   Hypernyms(s) succession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • temporal arrangement (what does temporal arrangement mean?)
   • temporal order (what does temporal order mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rain (what does rain mean?)
   • pelting (what does pelting mean?)
   • rotation (what does rotation mean?)
   • row (what does row mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • succeed (what does succeed mean?)
   • come after (what does come after mean?)
   • follow (what does follow mean?)
   • sequence (what does sequence mean?)
   • sequence (what does sequence mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a group of people or things arranged or following in order
   Usage Example(s)
   • a succession of stalls offering soft drinks
   • a succession of failures
   Hypernyms(s) succession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • series (what does series mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • cascade (what does cascade mean?)
   • parade (what does parade mean?)
   • streak (what does streak mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
5. Meaning
   • (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
   Synonym(s)
   • ecological succession (what does ecological succession mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) succession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural process (what does natural process mean?)
   • natural action (what does natural action mean?)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)