succession

Noun
  1. A following of one thing after another in time (synset 105051973)
    "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
    is a type of: temporal arrangement, temporal order - arrangement of events in time
    subtypes:
    • pelting, rain - anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
    • rotation - a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
    • row - a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
    • run - an unbroken chronological sequence
    same as: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, successiveness
  2. A group of people or things arranged or following in order (synset 108476919)
    "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"
    is a type of: series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another
    subtypes:
    • cascade - a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
    • parade - an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things
    • run, streak - an unbroken series of events
  3. The action of following in order (synset 101012400)
    "he played the trumps in sequence"
    is a type of: order, ordering - the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
    subtypes:
    • chess opening, opening - a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
    • alternation - successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
    same as: sequence
  4. (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 (synset 113584065)
    referred to in: bionomics, ecology, environmental science - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
    is a type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
    same as: ecological succession
  5. Acquisition of property by descent or by will (synset 100083574)
    is a type of: acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
    same as: taking over

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