Succession synonyms

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continuation
The act or fact of going on or persisting:
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series (related)
(Elec.) An arrangement of devices in a circuit, in which the current flows sequentially through a series of components
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hereditary
Having title or possession through inheritance.
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ordered
(comparative more ordered, superlative most ordered)
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suite
A series of connected rooms used as a living unit.
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set
(In plural, “sets", mathematics, informal) Set theory.
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sequence (related)
A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
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alphabetical
Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.
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categorical
Absolute; having no exception
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consecutive
Proceeding from one part or idea to the next in logical order, as a story, reasoning, etc.
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repetitive
Given to or characterized by repetition.
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sequacious
Following along; attendant.
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sequential
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.
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succedent
That succeeds; succeeding, following
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successive
Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
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alternation
(Mathematics) A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values. (Sometimes wrongly used to mean a permutation.)
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chain
(Surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
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consecution
(Archaic) A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.
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course
A path that something or someone moves along.
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cycle
An interval of time during which a characteristic, often regularly repeated event or sequence of events occurs:
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line
The course or direction anything moving takes; path
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order
A group of persons living under a religious rule:
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progression
(Mathematics) A series of numbers or quantities in which there is always the same relation between each quantity and the one succeeding it.
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run
A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
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sequacity
Quality or state of being sequacious.
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string
Something resembling a string or appearing as a long, thin line:
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subsequence
A subsequent happening
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train
A line of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by a locomotive or locomotives
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procession
A number of persons or things moving forward, as in a parade, in an orderly, formal way
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round
(Sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
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streak
A rung or round of a ladder.
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precede (related)
precede (plural precedes) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
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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.
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taking over
acquisition of property by descent or by will
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chronological sequence
a following of one thing after another in time
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successiveness
The quality or state of being successive.
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chronological succession
a following of one thing after another in time
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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
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conquest (related)
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reign (related)
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papacy (related)
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Succession Sentence Examples

  • The next turn found her on a narrow two lane highway that was a succession of curves.

  • That meant that their world--the real world--was not very far away, and that the succession of perilous adventures they had encountered had at last brought them near the earth's surface, which meant home to them.

  • She often reads for two or three hours in succession, and then lays aside her book reluctantly.

  • The reigning family, however, became extinct when Duke Julius Francis died in September 1689, and there were at least eight claimants for his duchy, chief among them being John George III., elector of Saxony, and George William, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, the ancestors of both these princes having made treaties of mutual succession with former dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg.

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