Synonyms for succession
səkˈsɛʃ ənsuc·ces·sion

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1. succession

   Sequence and succession apply to events viewed as following one another; time and duration denote something conceived of as enduring while events take place and acts are done. According to the necessary conditions of human thought, events are contained in time as objects are in space, time existing before the event, measuring it as it passes, and still existing when the event is past. Duration and succession are more general words than time; we can speak of infinite or eternal duration or succession, but time is commonly contrasted with eternity. Time is measured or measurable duration.

   Synonyms:
   age, date, duration, eon, epoch, era, period, season, sequence, term, time, while

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1. succession

   Synonyms:
   following, supervention, consecution, sequence, order, series, rotation, continuity, supply, suite

   Antonyms:
   precedence, anticipation, prevention, antecedence, irregularity, disorder, non-sequence, solution, failure, intermission, break, gap, inconsecutiveness

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1. sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological successionnoun

   a following of one thing after another in time

   "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

   Synonyms:
   taking over, sequence, successiveness, ecological succession, chronological sequence, chronological succession, episode

2. successionnoun

   a group of people or things arranged or following in order

   "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"

   Synonyms:
   chronological succession, sequence, successiveness, chronological sequence, ecological succession, taking over

3. succession, sequencenoun

   the action of following in order

   "he played the trumps in sequence"

   Synonyms:
   taking over, sequence, successiveness, ecological succession, chronological sequence, chronological succession, episode

4. succession, ecological successionnoun

   (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

   Synonyms:
   chronological succession, sequence, successiveness, chronological sequence, ecological succession, taking over

5. succession, taking overnoun

   acquisition of property by descent or by will

   Synonyms:
   chronological succession, sequence, successiveness, chronological sequence, ecological succession, taking over

Matched Categories

1. • Acquisition
   • Ecology
   • Natural Process
   • Order
   • Series

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1. successionnoun

   Synonyms:
   sequence, consecution

2. successionnoun

   Synonyms:
   series, suite, progression, chain, concatenation

3. successionnoun

   Synonyms:
   lineage, race, line of descendants

4. successionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Mus.) notes of melody (as distinguished from chords of harmony)

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1. successionnoun

   Synonyms:
   sequence, consecution, chain, line, series

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1. List of paraphrases for "succession":

   inheritance, estate, caliphate, feeder, successor, inherit, respite, estates, rotation, inherited, sequence, series, legacy

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1. Hannah Earnshaw:

   Ten days is a really short amount of time for such a bright object to appear, usually with NuSTAR, we observe more gradual changes over time, and we dont often observe a source multiple times in quick succession. In this instance, we were fortunate to catch a source changing extremely quickly, which is very exciting.

2. Emeric Preaubert:

   The succession was well prepared. His arrival at the helm will mean a continuation of the strategy.

3. Kurt Campbell:

   Several administrations in succession in the United States have tried this effort to launch more fundamental efforts, policies, frameworks in Asia, East Asia, Indo-Pacific, and found themselves stymied, or misdirected, or directed towards other pursuits, and that has been something that I think all of us are deeply aware of in the formulation and execution of policy.

4. Joel Wertheim:

   Now, I realize it sounds like I just said that a once-in-a-generation event happened twice in short succession, and pandemics are indeed rare, but once all the conditions are in place -- that is a zoonotic virus capable of both human infection and human transmission that is in close proximity to humans -- the barriers to spillover have been lowered such that multiple introductions, we believe, should actually be expected, i was quite convinced of the lab leak Kristian Andersen, until we dove into this very carefully and looked at it much closer.

5. Christine Sarkis:

   A glass of wine with dinner on an international flight? Reasonable (especially if you're also drinking a healthy amount of water). Three vodka tonics in quick succession on a cross-country flight? Recipe for regret.