succession

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

suc·ces·sion (sək-sĕshʹən)n.
1. The act or process of following in order or sequence.
2. A group of people or things arranged or following in order; a sequence: “A succession of one-man stalls offered soft drinks” (Alec Waugh). See Synonyms at series.
3.
a. The sequence in which one person after another succeeds to a title, throne, dignity, or estate.
b. The right of a person or line of persons to so succeed.
c. The person or line having such a right.
4.
a. The act or process of succeeding to the rights or duties of another.
b. The act or process of becoming entitled as a legal beneficiary to the property of a deceased person.
5. Ecology. The gradual and orderly process of ecosystem development brought about by changes in community composition and the production of a climax characteristic of a particular geographic region. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin successiō, successiōn-, from successus, past participle of succēdere, to succeed. See succeed.] suc·cesʹsion·al adj.suc·cesʹsion·al·ly adv.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  taking over, ecological succession, sequence, chronological sequence, successiveness, chronological succession