succession
[noun]
Synonyms:
- series, chain, course, cycle, order, progression, run, sequence, train
- taking over, accession, assumption, inheritance

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Related Words: successiveness, round, round robin

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

suc‧ces‧sion AC /səkˈseʃən/ noun
[Word Family: noun: success, succession, successor; adjective: successful ≠ unsuccessful, successive; verb: succeed; adverb: successfully ≠ unsuccessfully]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin successio, from succedere; ⇒ succeed]

1. in succession happening one after the other without anything different happening in between:
She won the championship four times in succession.
in quick/rapid/close succession (=quickly one after the other)
He fired two shots in quick succession.

2. a succession of something a number of people or things of the same kind, following, coming, or happening one after the other Synonym : stream:
A succession of visitors came to the door.

3. [uncountable] the act of taking over an official job or position, or the right to be the next to take it ⇒ accession:
If the prince dies, the succession passes to his son.
succession to
the queen’s succession to the throne

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

succession
noun
I. series of people, things, etc.
ADJ. endless, long, never-ending | constant, continuous, uninterrupted | quick, rapid We lost three secretaries in quick succession.
whole A whole succession of presidents had tried to resolve the issue without success.
PREP. in ~ There has been a rise in crime for the second year in succession.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

succession
II. right to have an important position after sb else
ADJ. legitimate | disputed | dynastic, hereditary
VERB + SUCCESSION ensure, secure He wanted to have a son to secure the succession.
PREP. in ~ to Betty Munn is the manager in succession to Edna Greenan.
PHRASES the line/order of succession He is next in (the) line of succession to the British throne.
the right of succession, succession to the throne

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲