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succession | a group of people or things arranged or following in order | |
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sequence, succession | the action of following in order | |
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succession, sequence, chronological sequence, successiveness, chronological succession | a following of one thing after another in time | |
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succession, ecological succession | [in 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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succession, taking over | acquisition of property by descent or by will |