A number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other
“Following a succession of attacks, a large breakaway group moved clear on the first of three laps and opened up a decisive lead over the rest.”
The action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.
“It is a chairman's role to manage succession and the Fairfax process has, frankly, been quite pathetic.”
One's line of descent or lineage
“A genealogist prepares a list of the royal succession every ten years.”
A large number of similar things coming in quick succession
One or more lines of people or vehicles moving in the same direction
An advancement in progress or development
The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other
The fact or condition of continuing or enduring over a length of space or time
The children or descendants of a person or animal
The attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power
A set of similar things, especially electrical or electronic devices, grouped together in rows
The transmission of qualities, property, or privileges by inheritance
A shift or exchange of one thing with another
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