Succession

Definition: Succession

Succession

Noun

1. A following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients".

2. A group of people or things arranged or following in order: "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks".

3. The action of following in order: "he played the trumps in sequence".

4. (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.

5. Acquisition of property by descent or by will.

Date "succession" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Succession \Suc*ces"sion\, noun. [Latin expression successio: compare to the French expression succession. See Succeed.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Avian	Replacement of populations in a habitat through a regular progression to a stable state (climax) (Ricklefs 1979:880). (references)
Biology & Biotechnology	The gradual supplanting of one community of plants by another. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Succession

Synonyms: chronological sequence (n), chronological succession (n), ecological succession (n), sequence (n), successiveness (n), taking over (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Continuity	Noun: continuity; consecution, consecutiveness; Adjective: succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain; catenation, concatenation; scale; gradation, course; ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent.
	Adverb: continuously; Adjective: seriatim; in a line; Noun: in succession, in turn; running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch; in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.
Course	Noun: corridors of time, sweep of time, vesta of time, course of time, progress of time, process of time, succession of time, lapse of time, flow of time, flux of time, stream of time, tract of time, current of time, tide of time, march of time, step of time, flight of time; duration.
Frequency	Adverb: often, oft; ofttimes, oftentimes; frequently; repeatedly; unseldom, not unfrequently; in quick succession, in rapid succession; many a time and oft; daily, hourly; every day, every hour, every moment;
Posteriority	Noun: posteriority; succession, sequence; following.; subsequence, supervention; futurity; successor; sequel; remainder, reversion.
Regularity of recurrence Periodicity	Verb: recur in regular order, recur in regular succession; return, revolve; come again, come in its turn; come round, come round again; beat, pulsate; alternate; intermit.
Repetition	Noun: repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy.
Sequence	Noun: sequence, coming after; going after; (following); consecution, succession; posteriority.
	Continuation; order of succession; successiveness; paracme.
Thought	Association of thought, succession of thought, flow of thought, train of thought, current of thought, association of ideas, succession of ideas, flow of ideas, train of ideas, current of ideas.
Transfer	Succession, reversion; shifting use, shifting trust; devolution.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai; writing credit: Jim Jarmusch) And so follows a miserable succession of bugle-blowing prisons, grim reveille-ridden summer camps. (Trilogy; writing credit: Truman Capote; Eleanor Perry)
Tongue Twisters	Say this sharply, say this sweetly, say this shortly, say this softly. Say this sixteen times in succession. (references; author: unknown)
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Domain	Title
Books	ESOP Workbook: The Ultimate Instrument in Succession Planning (reference) Gustavus Adolphus: A History of the Art of War from Its Revival After the Middle Ages to the End of the Spanish Succession War, With a Detailed accou (reference) Hamlet and the Scottish succession; being an examination of the relations of the play of Hamlet to the Scottish succession and the Essex conspiracy (reference) Info-line : Succession Planning (reference) Passing the Torch: Succession, Retirement, and Estate Planning in Family-Owned Businesses (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Catapults four F8U "Crusader" jet fighters in quick succession from her bow and waist catapults, during operations in the eastern Pacific, circa 1958. An F4D "Skyray" fighter is partially visible in the foreground. Ship at left is USS Thetis Bay (CVHA-1). Credit: NAVY.		French civilians repairing road in Hooge, Belgium, after battle--The land is one succession of shell craters, now filled with water--Ruins of Ypres in the extreme distance. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption
	Two chords played in succession on a distorted electric guitar.
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Author	Quotation
George Eliot	Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	A person can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.
Josiah Gilbert Holland	One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.
Max Muller	No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	That if his heirs had, there being no law of nature nor positive law of God that determines which is the right heir in all cases that may arise, the right of succession, and consequently of bearing rule, could not have been certainly determined: 4. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Two lies in succession, one upon another, without hesitation, quickly, as if she were an adept in it.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	This tribe marries only among each other, and the eldest in succession is Prince or Governor.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	In imagination I have bought all the farms in succession, for all were to be bought, and I knew their price.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Oman	When Sultan Sa'id bin Sultan Al-Busaid died in 1856, his sons quarreled over his succession. (references)
	Benin	Between 1960 and 1972, a succession of military coups brought about many changes of government. (references)
	Oman	Perhaps most importantly, the Basic Statutes provide rules for setting Sultan Qaboos' succession. (references)
Political Economy	Nepal	These include exclusive authority to enact, amend, and repeal laws relating to succession to the throne. (references)
	Morocco	King Hassan II, until his death in 1999, enjoyed a warm relationship with a succession of American presidents. (references)
	Israel	The death of President Hafez el Assad in June 2000 and the delay involved in the Syrian succession to the Presidency was also a contributory factor to the lack of progress in the Syrian track of the peace process. (references)
Political Rights	Nepal	The King has exclusive authority to enact, amend, and repeal laws relating to succession to the throne. (references)
	Bhutan	Finally the decree provided that the National Assembly, by a two-thirds vote of no confidence, can require the King to abdicate and to be replaced by the next person in the line of succession. (references)
	Burundi	The act changed the structure of government by eliminating the post of prime minister, creating two vice presidents, removing the National Assembly Speaker from the line of presidential succession, and enlarging the National Assembly. (references)
Trade	Philippines	The BSP liberalized the acceptable modes of payment for exports and imports under a succession of new regulations issued since 1992. For monitoring purposes, the Bangko Sentral requires pre-registration of imports under Documents Against Acceptance (D/A) and Open Account (O/A) arrangements for an importer to be able to obtain foreign exchange from the banking system for payment. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating falsehood. He lived in a period prehistoric, When all was absurd and phantasmagoric. Born later, when Clio, celestial recorded, Set down great events in succession and order, He surely had seen nothing droll or fortuitous In anything here but the lies that she threw at us. Orpheus Bowen
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Prince Albert of Monaco	That is how the line of succession goes, but should anything happen to me, they can go through my sister, Caroline, or Stephanie, depending on who is the oldest and go through her children.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Abraham Lincoln	1861-1865	During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have in succession administered the executive branch of the Government.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	In rapid succession the Vice President and the President had resigned in disgrace.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Succession" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Succession" is used about 1,843 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.95%	1,842	4,620
Noun (proper)	0.05%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,843	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "succession".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Jetur	N/A	Biblical	Succession
Tarpelites	N/A	Biblical	Succession of miracles
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "succession": act of succession ♦ apostolic succession ♦ Apostolical succession ♦ autogenic succession ♦ chronological succession ♦ ecological succession ♦ in close succession ♦ in quick succession ♦ in rapid succession ♦ in succession ♦ Laplace law of succession ♦ law of succession ♦ limitation of succession ♦ line of succession ♦ order of succession ♦ order to share out a succession ♦ quick succession ♦ singular succession ♦ succession duties ♦ succession duty ♦ succession of bargains ♦ succession of crops ♦ succession of ideas ♦ succession of thought ♦ succession tax ♦ vacant succession ♦ War of the Austrian Succession ♦ War of the Spanish Succession. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "succession": succession-list, succession-plan, succession-settlement.
	Ending with "succession": non-succession, note-succession.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "succession"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		seri (course, nexus, series), varg (cavalcade, chain, column, concatenation, course, file, in file, line, network, nexus, number, range, rank, ridge, row, series, string, train, variety, verse). (various references)

Arabic		‏وراثة (bequest, heredity, inheritance), ‏توال (progression), ‏تتابع (sequence), ‏تعاقب (alternate, alternation, gradation, interchange, progression, revolve, rotate, rotation, sequence, series, succeed), ‏تركة (heritage), ‏سلسلة متوالية, ‏خلافة, ‏إرث (heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony). (various references)

Bulgarian		редуване (alternation, interchange, rotation, sequence, vicissitude), непрекъсната редица, наследници, приемственост (continuity), приемници, последователност (adherence, coherence, coherency, cohesion, consecution, consistency, continuity, order, run, sequence), поредица (consecution, procession, range, row, run, sequence, series, set, streak, string). (various references)

Chinese		连续 (Continual, Continuance, Continuous, Continuously, sequential, serial, successive). (various references)

Czech		série (sequence, series), posloupnost (sequence), pořadí (order, rank, rota, sequence, standing, turn), nástup (birth, muster, parade), následnictví. (various references)

Danish		succession, arvegang (heredity), arvefald (case of succession), arv (inheritance). (various references)

Dutch		successie, het openvallen van een nalatenschap (case of succession). (various references)

Finnish		suksessio, seuraanto, perimys (inheritance), periminen (apportionment, case of succession). (various references)

French		succession. (various references)

German		Folge (aftereffect, consequence, consistency, effect, episode, installment, issue, order, outgrowth, progression, result, run, sequel, sequence, sequitur, series, suite, train), Aufeinanderfolge (consecutiveness, sequence, successiveness), erbfolge (canons of inheritance, devolution upon death, order of succession). (various references)

Greek		διαδοχή (consecution, sequence), σειρά (filch, flight, inning, line, range, rank, row, row of, sequence, serial, series, set, string, suit, train, turn). (various references)

Hebrew		ירוש�" (bequest, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony), תכיפות (frequency, urgency), שור�" (column, file, line, pass, rank, row, string, tier), רציפות (continuity), רצף (continuity, sequence, stretch), ס�"יר�" (order), ס�"ר (arrangement, order, sequence, trim). (various references)

Hungarian		sorrend (order, place, ranking, sequence), sorozat (bank, battery, chain, line, range, round, scale, sequence, series, suit, suite), utódok (offspring, posteriors, posterity, progeny), utódlás, következés (sequence), öröklés (descent, inheritance, survivance), örökösök. (various references)

Indonesian		rangkaian (sequence). (various references)

Italian		successione (consequence, order, sequence, series). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		継承 (accession, inheritance), 続き (continuation, second series, sequel, spell), 立て続け , 相続 (inheritance), 承継 (accession, inheritance). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たてつづけ, そうぞく (costume, furniture, inheritance, interior decoration, landscaping, one's family or clan, personal appearance, priests and laymen), しょうけい (a short break or breather, accession, aspiration, brief recess, commerce and economics, expedient, fine scenery, hieroglyphics, inheritance, lane, longing, path, recess, scenic view, short rest, shortcut, subtotal, type of character representing pictures), つづき (continuation, second series, sequel, spell), けいしょう (accession, alarm bell, court nobles and state ministers, figure, fire bell, image, inheritance, minor illness, minor injury, nimble, picturesque scenery, scenic beauty, shape, slight, strong and nimble, title of honour, trifling). (various references)

Korean		승계. (various references)

Manx		ny yei y cheilley (rotation, succeeding, successive), er shayll y cheilley, er mooin (mounted, piggyback), eiraght (birthright, expectations, heritage, inheritance), cheet (advent, allude, allusion, appear, befall, comeapproach, encounter, entrance, infer, insinuate, locate, refer). (various references)

Pig Latin		uccessionsay

Portuguese		sucessão (sequence, series, train). (various references)

Romanian		suitã (concatenation, retainers, retinue, series, suite, tail, train), succesiune (consecution, inheritance, interchange, order, sequence, series, string, train), succedare (alternation), serie (batch, concatenation, course, cycle, number, order, run, series, set, string, swath), urmare (consequence, continuation, effect, end, following, fruit, outcome, result, sequel), rând (batch, bout, file, innings, it, line, queue, range, rank, round, row, series, stage, stem, string, time, train, turn), perindare, ordine (array, command, discipline, disposal, disposition, method, order, orderliness, peace, range, regime, regulation, right, sequence, system, tidiness, trim), moştenire (bequest, heirdom, heirship, hereditament, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony), lanţ (bands, cable, catena, catenation, chain, concatenation, fetters, link, range, ridge, series, string, train), filierã, şir (catena, catenation, column, course, file, line, pack, queue, range, rank, rope, row, series, string, train), anfiladã (enfilade), înşirare (enumeration, sequence, stringing). (various references)

Russian		последовательность (chain, consecution, consistency, continuity, progression, sequence). (various references)

Scottish		sinnsreachd (custom of ancestors, right of succession), tiugh (closely set, dense, in quick succession, thick). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nasleđe (heirdom, heritage, inheritance, patrimony). (various references)

Spanish		sucesión (issue, sequence, series, train). (various references)

Swedish		rad (circle, course, file, line, range, rank, row, sequence, set, streak, tier, train, turn), följd (consequence, consequent, consrquence, course, implication, issue, outgrowth, run, sequel, sequence, series, train). (various references)

Thai		การสืบสันตติวงศ์, การต่อเนื่องกัน (sequence), การรับช่วงต่อ. (various references)

Turkish		silsile (chain, range, sequence, series), sıra (alignment, arrangement, array, bench, desk, file, form, linage, line, occasion, order, ordinal, place, progression, queue, range, rank, row, sequence, series, settle, slot, spell, tier, train, turn), yerine geçme (substitution, supersession), veraset (devolution, inheritance), vekâlet (mandate, power of attorney, procuration, proxy), intikal (transition, transmission), birbirini izleme (alternation, consecution), ardışık olma, üst üste olma (superposition). (various references)

Ukrainian		спадко�"мність, нащадки (posterior, posterity), правонаступництво, послідовність (chain, coherence, consistency, continuity, graduality, order, progression, sequence). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự liên tiếp sự nối ngôi, sự kế vị, sự kế tiếp, sự ăn thừa tự tr� ng, quyền kế vị sự thừa kế, dãy (catena, range, suite, train), chuỗi (chain, train). (various references)

Welsh		olyniaeth (sequence). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	successio, successione, successus, vice, vicem, vices, vici, vicibus, vicis, vicum. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	endebyrnes. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "succession": successional, successionally, successions. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Succession" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: saucisson, seccesion, succesion, sucession, sucsession, suscession. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "succession" (pronounced sukse"shun)
7	-u k s e" sh u n	accession.
5	-s e" sh u n	concession, intercession, obsession, precession, procession, recession, secession, session.
4	-e" sh u n	aggression, compression, confession, decompression, depression, digression, discretion, expression, freshen, hessian, impression, indiscretion, misimpression, nonaggression, oppression, possession, profession, progression, regression, repossession, repression, suppression, transgression.
3	-sh u n	abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, potion, precaution, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, prognostication, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, representation, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-n-o-s-s-s-u"
	-1 letter: concusses.
	-2 letters: cessions, cosiness.
	-3 letters: cession, ciscoes, concise, concuss, cosines, cousins, cuisses, essoins, incuses, oscines, osseins, sconces, scouses, session, sinuses, success.
	-4 letters: census, ciscos, conics, conies, cosecs, cosies, cosine, cousin, cuisse, cusecs, cusses, cussos, enosis, eosins, essoin, icones, incuse, issues, noesis, noises, nouses, onuses, oscine, ossein, ounces, scenic, scions, sconce, scones, scouse, seccos, sonics.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-e-i-n-o-s-s-s-u"
	+1 letter: consciouses, successions.
	+2 letters: successional.
	+3 letters: capaciousness, consciousness, semiconscious, unconsciouses.
	+4 letters: capriciousness, circuitousness, conclusiveness, precociousness, preconsciouses, pseudosciences, subconsciouses, successionally.
	+5 letters: capaciousnesses, conducivenesses, consciousnesses, consecutiveness, conspicuousness, efficaciousness, unconsciousness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
succession planning	253	intestate succession	7
succession	129	de droit succession	7
business succession planning	52	president succession	7
1947 act presidential succession	49	order succession	7
presidential succession	49	succession planning instrument	6
succession plan	27	succession planning software	6
ecological succession	26	succession planning article	6
management succession	22	line succession	6
spanish succession war of the	19	family business succession	6
primary succession	16	business plan succession	6
apostolic succession	14	primary secondary succession	5
business succession	13	ecology succession	5
secondary succession	12	act presidential succession	5
de droits succession	12	louisiana succession	5
war of austrian succession	11	succession planning model	4
line presidential succession	10	life succession	4
forest succession	10	the royal succession	4
family business succession planning	10	consultant planning succession	4
order presidential succession	9	mediation planning succession	4
succession planning management	8	spanish succession	4
prime succession	8	pond succession	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Succession

Definition: Succession

Succession

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Ecological Succession

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Les Miserables

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