succession
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a following of one thing after another in time
the doctor saw a sequence of patients
Types & categories
- temporal arrangement hypernym
- pelting hyponym
- rotation hyponym
- row hyponym
- run hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a group of people or things arranged or following in order
a succession of stalls offering soft drinks
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
the action of following in order
he played the trumps in sequence
Types & categories
- ordering hypernym
- chess opening hyponym
- alternation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 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
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
Related & opposite
- bionomics domain topic
Sense 5 noun
acquisition of property by descent or by will
Types & categories
- acquisition hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sequence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sequence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | succeed |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | serial |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | temporal arrangement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pelting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | row |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | run |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | series |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cascade |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | parade |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | streak |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sequence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | succeed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | serial |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ordering |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chess opening |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | alternation |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | bionomics |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquisition |