noun
                                                a following of one thing after another in time
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                                                                                                        - the doctor saw a sequence of patients
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a group of people or things arranged or following in order
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - a succession of stalls offering soft drinks
- a succession of failures
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the action of following in order
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                                                                                                        - he played the trumps in sequence
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                (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
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                                                                                                                                                                        ecological succession
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                acquisition of property by descent or by will
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                                                                                                                                                                        taking over