succession

1. n. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. Source: opted

2. n. A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology. Source: opted

3. n. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent. Source: opted

4. n. The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne. Source: opted

5. n. The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order. Source: opted

6. n. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir. Source: opted

7. n. a following of one thing after another in time Source: wordnet

8. n. a group of people or things arranged or following in order Source: wordnet

9. n. the action of following in order Source: wordnet

10. n. (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 Source: wordnet

11. n. acquisition of property by descent or by will Source: wordnet

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