Dictionary

succession en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səkˈsɛʃ.ən/ (UK)
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old French succession, from Latin successiō (noun).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of succeeding: ▸ An act of following in sequence.
   • In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station. 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:
2. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of succeeding: ▸ A sequence of things in order.
   • England gave away six penalties in the first 15 minutes and were lucky to still have 15 men on the pitch, but Kvirikashvili missed two very makeable penalties in quick succession as Georgia were unable to take advantage of significant territorial advantage. 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
   • Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
3. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of succeeding: ▸ A passing of royal powers.
4. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of succeeding: ▸ A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
5. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of succeeding: ▸ A race or series of descendants.
6. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of succeeding: ▸ Rotation, as of crops.
7. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of succeeding: ▸ A right to take possession.
8. (countable, historical, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of succeeding: ▸ In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
9. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of succeeding: ▸ The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.
   • long descent of Kings , whose names only for many successions without other memory stand thus register'd 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

turn in succession · successionist · rule of succession · nonsuccession · line of succession · order of succession · agreement as to succession · succession of tenses · autosuccession · war of succession · in succession · in quick succession · successionless · succession duty · successionary · in short succession · apostolic succession · successional · successionism

Relateds

successive

Synonyms

posteriority (an act of following in sequence) · sequence (a sequence of things in order)

Translations (86)

pl następstwo (following in sequence) · cy olyniaeth (following in sequence) · pt sucessão (following in sequence) · fi kruununperimys (passing of royal power) · fr succession (following in sequence) · nl troonswisseling (passing of royal power) · fi seuraaminen (following in sequence) · da arvefølge (passing of royal power) · ro succesiune (following in sequence) · is ríkiserfðir (passing of royal power) · pt sucessão (passing of royal power) · nn suksesjon (following in sequence) · cy olyniad (following in sequence) · az vərasət (passing of royal power) · hu utódlás (passing of royal power) · pl kolejność (following in sequence) · ka თანმიმდევრობა (sequence arranged in order) · hu sorrend (sequence arranged in order) · ru следование (following in sequence) · grc διαδοχή (following in sequence) · bg последователност (sequence arranged in order) · az ardıcıllıq (sequence arranged in order) · tl pagkakasunod-sunod (following in sequence) · pl seria (sequence arranged in order) · ro șir (sequence arranged in order) · hu sorozat (following in sequence) · it successione (passing of royal power) · tl halilinan (passing of royal power) · ja 相続 (passing of royal power) · az sıra (sequence arranged in order) · az vəliəhdlik (passing of royal power) · es sucesión (following in sequence) · fr succession (passing of royal power) · nb suksesjon (following in sequence) · bg последователност (following in sequence) · hu sor (sequence arranged in order) · cs sled (sequence arranged in order) · cmn 继承 (passing of royal power) · hu trónutódlás (passing of royal power) · da tronfølge (passing of royal power) · sv tronföljd (passing of royal power) · de Abfolge (sequence arranged in order) · pl dziedziczenie (passing of royal power) · id suksesi (passing of royal power) · bg редуване (following in sequence) · it successione (following in sequence) · nl opeenvolging (sequence arranged in order) · cy olyniaeth (passing of royal power) · az varislik (passing of royal power) · eo sinsekvo (sequence arranged in order) · is erfðaröð (passing of royal power) · el διαδοχή (following in sequence) · hu egymásután (sequence arranged in order) · hu örökösödés (passing of royal power) · grc διαδοχή (passing of royal power) · ka თანმიმდევრობა (following in sequence) · pl ciąg (sequence arranged in order) · mi tauatanga (following in sequence) · hu sorra/egymásra következés (following in sequence) · es sucesión (passing of royal power) · cy olyniad (passing of royal power) · cs následnictví (passing of royal power) · ru престолонаследие (passing of royal power) · nl opeenvolging (following in sequence) · hu öröklés (passing of royal power) · el διαδοχή (sequence arranged in order) · ms pewarisan (passing of royal power) · ru последовательность (sequence arranged in order) · id suksesi (following in sequence) · ro succesiune (sequence arranged in order) · eo posteuleco (passing of royal power) · fi sarja (sequence arranged in order) · la successiō (passing of royal power) · la seriēs (sequence arranged in order) · mi raupapatanga (sequence arranged in order) · cs posloupnost (sequence arranged in order) · hu trónöröklés (passing of royal power) · pl sukcesja (passing of royal power) · gl sucesión (following in sequence) · mi raupapatanga (following in sequence) · pl szereg (sequence arranged in order) · el διαδοχή (passing of royal power) · tl kasunuran (following in sequence) · hu sorrendiség (sequence arranged in order) · de Thronfolge (passing of royal power) · az cərgə (sequence arranged in order)