1 [C,usually sing.] a number of people or things that follow each other in time or order; a series:
a succession of events / problems / visitors * He's been hit by a succession of injuries since he joined the team. * She has won the award for the third year in succession. * They had three children in quick succession. * The gunman fired three times in rapid succession.
2 [U] the regular pattern of one thing following another thing:
the succession of the seasons * the succession of images on a screen
3 [U] the act of taking over an official position or title; the right to take over an official position or title, especially to become the king or queen of a country:
He became chairman in succession to Bernard Allen. * She's third in order of succession to the throne. * a line of succession
seealsoSUCCEED
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