succession (səkˈsɛʃən) n 1. the act or an instance of one person or thing following another 2. a number of people or things following one another in order 3. the act, process, or right by which one person succeeds to the office, etc, of another

Definition of succession 1 a : the order in which or the conditions under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, title, or throne b : the right of a person or line to succeed c : the line having such a right 2 a : the act or process of following in order : sequence b (1) : the act or process of one ...

Succession is a series of related things going one after the other or to a title or job passing on to another person. An example of succession is the series of girlfriends a man may have one after the other. An example of succession is when a king steps down and his son becomes the new king.

the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession. a number of persons or things following one another in order or sequence. the right, act, or process, by which one person succeeds to the office, rank, estate, or the like, of another.

Britannica Dictionary definition of SUCCESSION 1 [noncount] : the act of getting a title or right after the person who had that title or right before you has died or is no longer able or allowed to have it