suc ‧ ces ‧ sion AC /səkˈseʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ success , ↑ succession , ↑ successor ; adjective : ↑ successful ≠ ↑ unsuccessful , ↑ successive ; verb : ↑ succeed ; adverb : ↑ successfully ≠ ↑ unsuccessfully ]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin successio , from succedere ; ⇨ ↑ succeed ]
1 . in succession happening one after the other without anything different happening in between:
She won the championship four times in succession.
in quick/rapid/close succession (=quickly one after the other)
He fired two shots in quick succession.
2 . a succession of something a number of people or things of the same kind, following, coming, or happening one after the other SYN stream :
A succession of visitors came to the door.
3 . [uncountable] the act of taking over an official job or position, or the right to be the next to take it ⇨ accession :
If the prince dies, the succession passes to his son.
succession to
the queen’s succession to the throne