SUCCESSION

n. 1 passing (on), handing down or on, transmittal, transmission, transfer, transferral, shift, conveyance, conveyancing According to her will, the succession of the property is via her first-born 2 sequence, progression, order, series, turn, course, flow, chain, train, procession The succession of events was as he described 3 accession, assumption, attainment, elevation, promotion; inheritance What was the year of Charles II's succession to the Spanish throne? 4 lineage, descent, birthright, dynasty, ancestry, descendants, bloodline The 18th century began with the War of the Spanish Succession 5 in succession. one after or behind the other, at intervals, successively, consecutively, in a row, running, without interruption, uninterruptedly, in order, in line They published several historical novels in quick succession