succession
nounUK /səkˈseʃ.ən/
US /səkˈseʃ.ən/
A succession is a line of things or people that come one after another.
The queen's succession to the throne happened after her father died.
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2. The process by which one person takes over a position or title from another.
The succession of the new president was peaceful.
3. A number of people or things following one another in order.
A succession of storms hit the coast last week.
4. The order in which plants and animals change in an ecosystem over time.
Ecological succession turned the bare rock into a forest.