succession
Pronunciation: /səkˈsɛʃ.ən/
The English word “succession” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- An act of following in sequence.
- A sequence of things in order.
- A passing of royal powers.
- A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
- A race or series of descendants.
- Rotation, as of crops.
- A right to take possession.
- In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
- The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old French succession, from Latin successiō (noun).
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More English words
- successantly
- successful
- successfully
- successfulness
- succession duty
- succession of tenses
- successional
- successionally
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