Use the word succession to describe things that follow one another, as well as the order in which they do so. The Vice President is first in line of succession to be the President and the Secretary of State is fourth.
The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence;
Noun
acquisition of property by descent or by will
Noun
the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"
Noun
a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
Noun
a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"
Noun
(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
n.
The act of succeeding, or following after; a following
of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so
following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of
disasters.
n.
A series of persons or things according to some
established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of
bishops; a succession of events in chronology.
n.
An order or series of descendants; lineage; race;
descent.
n.
The power or right of succeeding to the station or
title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the
office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into
the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the
succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne.
n.
The right to enter upon the possession of the property
of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established
order.
n.
The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or
heir.
Succession
He was in the succession to an earldom.3.
You have the voice of the king himself for your succession in Denmark.
The animosity of these factions did not really arise from the dispute about the succession.5.
The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence;
Usage Examples
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.
Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.
Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.
The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.
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Other Usage ExamplesI was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since the end of my marriage, I've dated nothing but a succession of blondes.
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.
Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them.
Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses.
It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.
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