succession

Etymology
, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
 * 2) An act of following in sequence.
 * 3) A sequence of things in order.
 * 4) A passing of royal powers.
 * 5) A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
 * 6) A race or series of descendants.
 * 7)  Rotation, as of crops.
 * 8) A right to take possession.
 * 9)  In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
 * 10)  The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.
 * 1) A right to take possession.
 * 2)  In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
 * 3)  The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:posteriority
 * See Thesaurus:sequence

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: თანმიმდევრობა
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διαδοχή
 * Hungarian:, sorra/egymásra következés,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: tauatanga, raupapatanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: suksesjon
 * Nynorsk: suksesjon
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Azerbaijani: ardıcıllıq, ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, posloupnost
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: თანმიმდევრობა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Latin: seriēs
 * Maori: raupapatanga
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:


 * Azerbaijani: vərasət, vəliəhdlik, varislik
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: následnictví
 * Danish: tronfølge, arvefølge
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: posteuleco
 * Finnish: kruununperimys
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διαδοχή
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Malay: pewarisan
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: halilinan

Etymology
(accusative singular ).

Noun

 * 1) series
 * 2) inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors
 * 1) inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors

Noun

 * 1)  (succeeding someone in a position)