succession meaning and definition

SUCCESSION noun

Definition of succession (noun)

1. a following of one thing after another in time
   • "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
   • synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, successiveness
2. a group of people or things arranged or following in order
   • "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"
3. the action of following in order
   • "he played the trumps in sequence"
   • synonyms: sequence
4. (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
   • synonyms: ecological succession
5. acquisition of property by descent or by will
   • synonyms: taking over