succession
US /səkˈseʃ.ən/
UK /səkˈseʃ.ən/
1.
a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other
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A succession of visitors came to the house.
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He won the championship for the third year in succession.
2.
the action or process of inheriting an office, title, property, etc.
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The rules of royal succession are very strict.
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There was a dispute over the succession to the family business.