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# succession

«succession» in Mova's school dictionary: **a number of people or things that follow one after another** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a succession, successions; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A succession is a number of people or things that follow one after another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#m1)

2) In succession means one after another, without a break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#m2)

3) Succession is the passing of a title or position, like king or queen, to the next person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and sport: three wins in succession. In history: the line of succession to the throne. In science: ecological succession is how plant and animal life slowly changes in an area, for example after a fire. Phrases: in succession, in quick succession, line of succession, a succession of.

### examples

- The team won four matches in succession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x1)
- A succession of visitors came to see the new baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x2)
- The prince is next in the line of succession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x3)
- Three loud bangs came in quick succession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x4)
- After the fire, plants returned in succession: grass first, then bushes, then trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x5)
- She had a succession of jobs before becoming a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x6)
- He committed the enormity of winning seven games in succession from the king himself!!! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x7)

### note

Verb: succeed (in the sense "come after"); person: successor. Do not confuse with "success" (doing well) — same root, different meaning. In maths: numbers in succession are consecutive, like 4, 5, 6.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «succession» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.