Succession Synonyms
sək-sĕsh'ən
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The act or fact of going on or persisting:
A number of persons or things moving forward, as in a parade, in an orderly, formal way
Having title or possession through inheritance.
(comparative more ordered, superlative most ordered)
sequacious
Following along; attendant.
A series of connected rooms used as a living unit.
(In plural, “sets", mathematics, informal) Set theory.
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(Archaic) A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.
The prescribed form or customary procedure, as in a meeting or court of law:
The definition of a chain is a series of objects, people or events which are connected to one another, or a flexible series of metal links.
A complete body of prescribed studies constituting a curriculum:
(Math.) A sequence of numbers, each of which is obtained from its predecessor by the same rule
(Sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
The migration of fish, especially in order to spawn.
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Any of the groupings of players on a team according to ability: the first string is more skilled than the second string, etc.
A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.
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.
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Forming or characterized by a sequence, as of units or musical notes.
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.)
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
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sequacity
Quality or state of being sequacious.
A subsequent happening
taking over
acquisition of property by descent or by will
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
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Words Related to Succession
(Elec.) An arrangement of devices in a circuit, in which the current flows sequentially through a series of components
precede (plural precedes) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
climax-community
(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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