succession
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
A group of people or things arranged or following in order.
Framework senses
- §1
- A group of people or things arranged or following in order.
- §1
- acquisition of property by descent or by will
- §2
- the action of following in order
- §3
- a following of one thing after another in time
- §4
- a group of people or things arranged or following in order
- §5
- (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established