Succession
21succession — suc|ces|sion W3 [səkˈseʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin successio, from succedere; SUCCEED] 1.) in succession happening one after the other without anything different happening in between ▪ She won the championship four times… …
22succession — suc|ces|sion [ sək seʃn ] noun ** 1. ) singular a series of people or things of the same type: After graduation he took a succession of low paid jobs. The story brought an endless succession of journalists to the city. 2. ) uncount the process by …
23succession — noun 1 in succession happening one after the other without anything different happening in between: She won the championship four times in succession. | in close/quick succession (=quickly one after the other) 2 a succession of a number of people …
24succession — n. 1 a the process of following in order; succeeding. b a series of things or people in succession. 2 a the right of succeeding to the throne, an office, inheritance, etc. b the act or process of so succeeding. c those having such a right. 3 Biol …
25succession — n. right to succeed to an office, position 1) the succession to (the succession to the throne) misc. 2) in succession ( successively, one after the other ); in quick succession * * * [sək seʃ(ə)n] in quick [ misc. ] in succession ( successively,… …
26succession — Synonyms and related words: Indian file, accession, affiliation, afterlife, alternation, ancestry, anointing, anointment, apparentation, appointment, array, arrogation, articulation, assignment, assumption, at intervals, attainment, authorization …
27succession — [[t]səkse̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] successions 1) N SING: oft N of n, also in N A succession of things of the same kind is a number of them that exist or happen one after the other. Adams took a succession of jobs which have stood him in good stead... Scoring… …
28succession */*/ — UK [səkˈseʃ(ə)n] / US noun 1) [singular] a series of people or things of the same type After graduation he took a succession of low paid jobs. The story brought an endless succession of journalists to the city. 2) [uncountable] the process by… …
29succession — Following another; succeeding to the rights of another, as where a new corporation which is a reorganization of another corporation takes the rights of the old corporation. 19 Am J2d Corp § 1524. The passing of property in possession or enjoyment …
30succession — noun 1》 a number of people or things following one after the other. 2》 the action, process, or right of inheriting an office, title, etc. ↘Ecology the process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a… …
