Definitions of Succession [əkˈsɛʃ ən]

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Definition of 'Succession'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) succession
the coming of one person or thing after another in order or in the course of events.

2.  succession
a number of persons or things following one another in order.

3.  succession
the right, act, or process by which one person succeeds to the office, rank, estate, or the like of another.

4.  succession
the order or line of those entitled to succeed one another.

5.  succession
the descent or transmission of a throne, dignity, estate, or the like.

6.  succession
the progressive replacement of one ecological community by another until a climax community is established.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < L successiō=succed-, var. s. of succēdere to succeed+-tiō -tion)

Definition of 'Succession'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession
a following of one thing after another in time
"the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

2. (noun) succession
a group of people or things arranged or following in order
"a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"

3. (noun) succession, sequence
the action of following in order
"he played the trumps in sequence"

4. (noun) succession, 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

5. (noun) succession, taking over
acquisition of property by descent or by will

Definition of 'Succession'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Succession
the act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters

2. (noun) Succession
a series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology

3. (noun) Succession
an order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent

4. (noun) Succession
the power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne

5. (noun) Succession
the right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order

6. (noun) Succession
the person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir

Translation of 'Succession'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the right of succeeding to a throne as king, to a title etc The Princess is fifth in (order of) succession (to the throne).
Afrikaans: opvolging	Arabic: حَق الخِلافَه أو إسْتِلام	Bulgarian: приемственост
Brazilian: sucessão	Czech: nástupnictví	German: die Nachfolge
Danish: tronfølge; arvefølge	Greek: διαδοχή (π.χ. για βασιλιά	Spanish: sucesión
Estonian: pärimisõigus	Farsi: توارث	Finnish: kruununperimys
French: succession	Hebrew: זְכוּת לִהיוֹת יוֹרֶש	Hindi: उत्तराधिकारी, दयाधिकारी
Croatian: naslijeđivanje, pravo nas	Hungarian: utódlás	Indonesian: suksesi
Icelandic: erfðaréttur	Italian: successione	Japanese: 相続権
Korean: 상속	Lithuanian: įpėdinystės teisė	Latvian: mantošanas tiesības
Malay: perwarisan	Dutch: opvolging	Norwegian: arvefølge
Polish: następstwo, kolejność	Persian: توارث	Pashto: پرله پسی والی
Portuguese: sucessão	Romanian: succesiune	Russian: престолонаследие
Slovak: nástupníctvo	Slovenian: nasledstvo	Serbian: pravo nasleđivanja
Swedish: successionsrätt, tronfölj	Thai: การสืบสันตติวงศ์	Turkish: yerine geçme/alma hakkı
Taiwanese: 繼承(權)	Ukrainian: престолонаслідування	Urdu: حق جانشینی
Vietnamese: quyền kế vị	Chinese: 继承（权）
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