SUCCESSION

• (noun) acquisition of property by descent or by will

  synonyms : taking over

• (noun) the action of following in order

  "he played the trumps in sequence"

  synonyms : sequence

• (noun) a following of one thing after another in time

  "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

  synonyms : chronological sequence , chronological succession , sequence , successiveness

• (noun) a group of people or things arranged or following in order

  "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks", "a succession of failures"

• (noun) (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

  synonyms : ecological succession

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