succession.html - n.
a book, play, etc. having great success because of its scandalous nature or associations. [F]

succession.html - n.
1 the accomplishment of an aim; a favourable outcome (their efforts met with success).
2 the attainment of wealth, fame, or position (spoilt by success).
3 a thing or person that turns out well.
4 archaic a usu. specified outcome of an undertaking (ill success).

success story a person's rise from poverty to wealth etc. [L successus (as SUCCEED)]

succession.html - adj.
having success; prosperous.

successfully adv. successfulness n.

succession.html - n.
1 a the process of following in order; succeeding. b a series of things or people in succession.
2 a the right of succeeding to the throne, an office, inheritance, etc. b the act or process of so succeeding. c those having such a right.
3 Biol. the order of development of a species or community; = SERE(3).

in quick succession following one another at short intervals. in succession one after another, without intervention. in succession to as the successor of. law of succession the law regulating inheritance. settle the succession determine who shall succeed. Succession State a State resulting from the partition of a previously existing country.

successional adj. [ME f. OF succession or L successio (as SUCCEED)]

succession.html - adj.
following one after another; running, consecutive.

successively adv. successiveness n. [ME f. med.L successivus (as SUCCEED)]

succession.html - n.
(often foll. by to) a person or thing that succeeds to another. [ME f. OF successour f. L successor (as SUCCEED)]