Definition: 1. The action of following in order. 2. A following of one thing after another in time. 3. A number of people or things that follow each other in time or order. 4. Acquisition of property by descent or by will.
Use 'succession' in a sentence:
1. Several courses were served in succession.
2. They are semi-finalists for the fourth year in succession.
3. Three flower shows succeeded one another in quick succession.
4. They won a succession of victories.
5. The endless succession of parties wore them out.
6. The trend has continued with a succession of experts and would be experts who promise to distil the essence of excellence into three (or five or seven) simple rules.
7. If the land is then abandoned, a secondary succession will take over, developing much faster on the more hospitable soil.
8. Fight a number of battles in quick succession.
9. John got the axe when he arrived late for work three days in succession.
10. At first there was a burst of static, then immediately a succession of piercing, frantic, chilling screams.
11. As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don't get the nod also may wish to move on.
12. Traditional rules of succession by inheritance were changed.
13. His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries.
14. His words came out in quick succession.
15. The road is a succession of hairpin bends, hills, and blind corners.
16. Henry attempted to secure the succession to the office.
17. One victory followed another in quick succession.
18. He became chairman in succession to Bernard Allen.
19. She has won the award for the third year in succession.
20. Light-loving species are always among the first invaders, while shade-tolerant species appear later in the succession.
21. The guard fired four shots in rapid succession.
22. The teacher explained twice in succession.
23. The lines of succession and responsibility have been carefully crafted and are as sleek as any piece of hardware that Apple has ever designed.
24. The line is made up of the succession of plotted points.
25. The gunman fired three times in rapid succession.
26. The country was ruled by a succession of tyrants.
27. Nicholas Paul Patrick was seventh in the line of succession to the throne.
28. She has won the award for the third year in succession .
29. She is now seventh in line of succession to the throne.
30. Reports of success on all fronts came in quick succession.
31. The gunman fired three times in rapid succession .
32. Fraser Clyne has won the Scottish Road Running Championship for the third year in succession.
33. They had three children in quick succession.
34. They had three children in quick succession .
35. He took a rest and then swelled himself up and fetched a succession of admirable groans.
36. He hit three bull's eyes in succession.
37. England have beaten the Welsh three times in succession with an aggregate score of 83-12.
38. He's been hit by a succession of injuries since he joined the team.
39. Clements and other early ecologists saw almost lawlike regularity in the order of succession, but that has not been substantiated.
40. Adams took a succession of jobs which have stood him in good stead.
41. He fired three shots in quick succession.
42. She's third in order of succession to the throne.
43. The legal medical expert attracted a lot of attention by solving many strange cases in succession.
44. Yesterday's emphatic victory was their fifth in succession.
45. Succession is influenced by many factors: the nature of the soil, exposure to sun and wind, regularity of precipitation, chance colonizations, and many other random processes.
46. The final stage of a succession, called the climax by Clements and early ecologists, is likewise not predictable or of uniform composition.
47. Should you look at the same word in rapid succession or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again?
48. Scoring three goals in quick succession, he made it 10-8.
49. He has been awarded the first prize for his roses three years in succession.
50. Ecologists use the term "succession" to refer to the changes that happen in plant communities and ecosystems over time.
51. The first community in a succession is called a pioneer community, while the long-lived community at the end of succession is called a climax community.
52. There was a dispute about the rightful succession to the throne.
