SUCCESSION

[noun] [U]Manchester scored three goals in quick succession (= one after another).She had her first three children in rapid succession.This is the seventh year in succession that they've won the cup.A succession of scandals and revelations has undermined the government over the past year.A succession of short-lived rulers did nothing to increase the country's stability.Life was just an endless succession of parties and dinners.There is increasing speculation about the succession to the throne (= about who will be queen or king next).