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Meaning of succession

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  succession
      n 1: a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor
           saw a sequence of patients" [syn: {sequence},
           {chronological sequence}, {succession}, {successiveness},
           {chronological succession}]
      2: a group of people or things arranged or following in order;
         "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession
         of failures"
      3: the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in
         sequence" [syn: {succession}, {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
         [syn: {succession}, {ecological succession}]
      5: acquisition of property by descent or by will [syn:
         {succession}, {taking over}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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