succession has definitions from the field of ecology
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[ noun ] a following of one thing after another in time

Examples

"the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

Used in print

(Harry Olesker, Impact....)

It was a succession of picture images passing through his mind : the same ones , different ones , in no apparent sequence , in no logical succession .

It was a succession of picture images passing through his mind : the same ones , different ones , in no apparent sequence , in no logical succession .

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

Two more shots followed in quick succession , dropping him limp and huddled on the ground .

2
[ noun ] the action of following in order

Synonyms

sequence

Examples

: "he played the trumps in sequence"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Samples zoomed into closeup range in regular succession , like telephone_poles passing on the highway , while representative music reinforced the mood of the late teens and 1920 's .

Related terms

order alternation sequence

3
[ noun ] a group of people or things arranged or following in order

Examples

"a succession of stalls offering soft drinks" "a succession of failures"

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

From maturity one looks_back at the succession of years , counts them and makes them many , yet cannot feel length in the number , however large .

Related terms

series parade streak cascade

4
[ 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

Related terms

natural_process ecology

5
[ noun ] acquisition of property by descent or by will

Synonyms

taking_over

Related terms

acquisition

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