succession
Definition of succession:
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part of speech: noun
Act of succeeding or following after: series of persons or things following each other in time or place: series of descendants: race: rotation, as of crops: right to take possession.
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part of speech: noun
A series of persons or things following one another either in time or place; the act of succeeding or coming in the place of another; race; lineage.
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Common misspellings:
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- sucsession (2.8%)
- succesion (27.5%)
- seccession (0.7%)
- succsession (1.4%)
- sussession (0.7%)
- suggession (0.7%)
- sucession (63.4%)
- scucession (1.4%)
- succussion (1.4%)
Usage examples for succession:
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" We pray for you every day, Mr. Seraphin," said the next in succession
"The Progressionists, and Angela." – Conrad von Bolanden -
Several first downs in succession ate up valuable seconds and took the ball to Grinnell's forty- five yard line.
"Interference and Other Football Stories" – Harold M. Sherman -
She dropped into the nearest chair, faint with horror, as those three questions forced themselves in rapid succession on her mind.
"Man and Wife" – Wilkie Collins
