First Known Use: 14th century
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succession
noun suc·ces·sion \sək-ˈse-shən\
: the act of getting a title or right after the person who had that title or right before you has died or is no longer able or allowed to have it; also : the process by which this happens
: a series of people or things that come one after the other
Full Definition of SUCCESSION
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a : the act or process of following in order : sequence b (1) : the act or process of one person's taking the place of another in the enjoyment of or liability for rights or duties or both (2) : the act or process of a person's becoming beneficially entitled to a property or property interest of a deceased person c : the continuance of corporate personality d : unidirectional change in the composition of an ecosystem as the available competing organisms and especially the plants respond to and modify the environment
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a : a number of persons or things that follow each other in sequence b : a group, type, or series that succeeds or displaces another
— suc·ces·sion·al \-ˈsesh-nəl, -ˈse-shə-nəl\ adjective
— suc·ces·sion·al·ly adverb
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Origin of SUCCESSION
Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin succession-, successio, from succedere
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Rhymes with SUCCESSION
accession, aggression, bull session, compression, concession, confession, depression, digression, discretion, egression, expression, impression, ingression, jam session, obsession, oppression, precession, procession, profession, progression, recession, refreshen, regression, repression, secession, skull session, suppression, transgression
SUCCESSION Defined for Kids
succession
noun suc·ces·sion \sək-ˈse-shən\
Definition of SUCCESSION for Kids
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: a series of people or things that follow one after another <A succession of police cars raced past.>
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: the order, act, or right of succeeding to a throne, title, or property
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