Succession synonyms
sək-sĕsh'ən
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The act or fact of going on or persisting:
series (related)
(Elec.) An arrangement of devices in a circuit, in which the current flows sequentially through a series of components
Having title or possession through inheritance.
A number of persons or things moving forward, as in a parade, in an orderly, formal way
(comparative more ordered, superlative most ordered)
sequacious
Following along; attendant.
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A series of connected rooms used as a living unit.
(In plural, “sets", mathematics, informal) Set theory.
Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.
Proceeding from one part or idea to the next in logical order, as a story, reasoning, etc.
Given to or characterized by repetition.
Forming or characterized by a sequence, as of units or musical notes.
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seriate
Arranged or occurring in a series or in rows.
succedent
That succeeds; succeeding, following
Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
(Mathematics) A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values. (Sometimes wrongly used to mean a permutation.)
(Surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
(Archaic) A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.
A path that something or someone moves along.
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An interval of time during which a characteristic, often regularly repeated event or sequence of events occurs:
The course or direction anything moving takes; path
A group of persons living under a religious rule:
(Mathematics) A series of numbers or quantities in which there is always the same relation between each quantity and the one succeeding it.
sequacity
Quality or state of being sequacious.
Something resembling a string or appearing as a long, thin line:
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A subsequent happening
A line of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by a locomotive or locomotives
(Sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
precede (related)
precede (plural precedes) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
climax-community (related)
(Obsolete) A community (group of interdependent organisms interacting with one another) which, through the process of ecological succession (the development of vegetation in an area over time), has reached a steady state.
taking over
acquisition of property by descent or by will
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a following of one thing after another in time
The quality or state of being successive.
a following of one thing after another in time
ecological succession
(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
conquest (related)
reign (related)
papacy (related)
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