succession

გამოთქმა: /səkˈsɛʃ(ə)n/

Universal

1a number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other:she had been secretary to a succession of board directors
Geology a group of strata representing a single chronological sequence: the Cretaceous succession

2 [mass noun] the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.:the new king was already elderly at the time of his succession
the right or sequence of inheriting a position, title, etc.:the succession to the Crown was disputed
Ecology the process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached. Compare with sere².

in quick (or rapid) succession: following one another at short intervals: the area suffered two floods in quick succession
in succession: following one after the other without interruption:she won the race for the second year in succession
in succession to: inheriting or elected to the place of:he was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father
settle the succession: determine who shall succeed someone: the act settled the succession on the king’s granddaughter

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