Main Entry:

suc·ces·sion

Pronunciation:

\sək-ˈse-shən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin succession-, successio, from succedere

Date:

14th century

1 a: the order in which or the conditions under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, title, or throne b: the right of a person or line to succeed c: the line having such a right2 a: the act or process of following in order : sequence b (1): the act or process of one person's taking the place of another in the enjoyment of or liability for rights or duties or both (2): the act or process of a person's becoming beneficially entitled to a property or property interest of a deceased person c: the continuance of corporate personality d: unidirectional change in the composition of an ecosystem as the available competing organisms and especially the plants respond to and modify the environment3 a: a number of persons or things that follow each other in sequence b: a group, type, or series that succeeds or displaces another

— suc·ces·sion·al \-ˈsesh-nəl, -ˈse-shə-n^əl\ adjective

— suc·ces·sion·al·ly adverb