• noun:   acquisition of property by descent or by will
• noun:   the action of following in order
• noun:   a group of people or things arranged or following in order

  Example: "A succession of stalls offering soft drinks"

• 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
• noun:   a following of one thing after another in time

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