Noun
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acquisition of property by descent or by will
- taking over -
(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
- ecological succession -
the action of following in order
"he played the trumps in sequence"
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a group of people or things arranged or following in order
"a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"
"a succession of failures"
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a following of one thing after another in time
"the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
- chronological sequence - chronological succession