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# succession

noun (a succession, successions; also uncountable)

«succession» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A succession is a number of people or things that follow one after another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#m1)
2. In succession means one after another, without a break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#m2)
3. Succession is the passing of a title or position, like king or queen, to the next person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths and sport: three wins in succession. In history: the line of succession to the throne. In science: ecological succession is how plant and animal life slowly changes in an area, for example after a fire. Phrases: in succession, in quick succession, line of succession, a succession of.

### Examples

- The team won four matches in succession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x1)
- A succession of visitors came to see the new baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x2)
- The prince is next in the line of succession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x3)
- Three loud bangs came in quick succession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x4)
- After the fire, plants returned in succession: grass first, then bushes, then trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x5)
- She had a succession of jobs before becoming a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x6)
- He committed the enormity of winning seven games in succession from the king himself!!! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/#x7)

### Note

Verb: succeed (in the sense "come after"); person: successor. Do not confuse with "success" (doing well) — same root, different meaning. In maths: numbers in succession are consecutive, like 4, 5, 6.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah describes combining each Hebrew letter with all the others, one after another, as a way God made all things. In the primary lessons: In maths and sport: three wins in succession. In history: the line of succession to the throne. In science: ecological succession is how plant and animal life slowly changes in an area, for example after a fire. Phrases: in succession, in quick succession, line of succession, a succession of.

### Examples

- He combined, weighed and changed : the א with all the other letters in succession, and all the others again with א; ב with all, and all again with ב; and so the whole series of letters. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/succession/#x1)
- is '' the voices from nothing." The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the " Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source " which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/succession/#x2)

### Note

Verb: succeed (in the sense "come after"); person: successor. Do not confuse with "success" (doing well) — same root, different meaning. In maths: numbers in succession are consecutive, like 4, 5, 6.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «succession» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succession/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«succession» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/succession.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «succession» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/succession/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«succession» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/succession.html) on Mova free.