succession

Definitions

suc- (sub-, right after) + cess (go) + -ion = "a coming-right-after." Things coming one after another (a succession of events) or one person taking over after another (line of succession). The noun of succeed's 'follow' branch.

Common Collocations

• 1.in succession接连地，依次
• 2.line of succession继承顺序
• 3.succession of events一系列事件
• 4.succession planning继任规划

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The team won four games in succession.

• 2.

  Rules of royal succession determine who becomes king.