succession
An act, process, or instance of succeedingAn act, process, or instance of succeeding: An act of following in sequence.
» This year typhoons comes in succession.
Meaning
9 sensesAn act, process, or instance of succeeding:
(countable, uncountable)An act of following in sequence.
следованиеsledovanije
the action of following in order
(countable, uncountable)A sequence of things in order.
Abfolge
последовательностьposledovatelʹnostʹ
a group of people or things arranged or following in order
(countable, uncountable)A passing of royal powers.
Thronfolge
престолонаследиеprestolonasledije
(countable, uncountable)A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
(countable, uncountable)A race or series of descendants.
(countable, uncountable)Rotation, as of crops.
(countable, uncountable)A right to take possession.
(countable, historical, uncountable)In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
(countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.
Examples
22 sentencesThis year typhoons comes in succession.
He came to the throne by succession.
Gunter heard five snaps in rapid succession.
ruГюнтер услышал пять последовательных щелчков. — xlenchik
At the moment, there is not succession.
The future is a succession of daily moments.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old French succession, from Latin successiō (nInherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old French succession, from Latin successiō (noun).
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Forms
plural: successions| Singular | succession |
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Synonyms
7 synonyms- acquisition of property by descent or by will:taking over
- the action of following in order:sequence
- (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:ecological succession
- a following of one thing after another in time:sequencechronological sequencesuccessivenesschronological succession
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable