succession
English Thesaurus
1. acquisition of property by descent or by will (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | acquisition, |
| definition | : | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something (noun.act) |
2. the action of following in order (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | order, ordering, |
| definition | : | the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | chess opening, opening, |
| definition | : | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | alternation, |
| definition | : | successive change from one thing or state to another and back again (noun.act) |
3. a following of one thing after another in time (noun.attribute)
| hyponym | : | pelting, rain, |
| definition | : | anything happening rapidly or in quick successive (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | rotation, |
| definition | : | a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | row, |
| definition | : | a continuous chronological succession without an interruption (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | run, |
| definition | : | an unbroken chronological sequence (noun.attribute) |
4. a group of people or things arranged or following in order (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | series, |
| definition | : | similar things placed in order or happening one after another (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | cascade, |
| definition | : | a succession of stages or operations or processes or units (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | parade, |
| definition | : | an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | run, streak, |
| definition | : | an unbroken series of events (noun.group) |
5. (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 (noun.process)
6. the action of following in order (noun.act)
| derivation | : | sequence, |
| definition | : | arrange in a sequence (verb.cognition) |
7. a following of one thing after another in time (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | sequence, |
| definition | : | arrange in a sequence (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | sequence, |
| definition | : | determine the order of constituents in (verb.communication) |
8. the action of following in order (noun.act)
| derivation | : | sequence, |
| definition | : | arrange in a sequence (verb.cognition) |
9. a following of one thing after another in time (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | sequence, |
| definition | : | arrange in a sequence (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | sequence, |
| definition | : | determine the order of constituents in (verb.communication) |
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