{
    "term": "succession",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a number of people or things that follow each other in time or order",
            "sensetop": "in succession",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a succession of visitors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's been hit by a succession of injuries since he joined the team."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has won the award for the third year in succession.",
                    "contextForm": "in succession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had three children **in quick succession**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gunman fired three times **in rapid succession**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This set in motion a succession of events."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was cared for by a succession of nannies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I rented out the cottage to a succession of tenants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a rise in crime for the second year in succession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team lost the final six years in succession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They won several games in quick succession."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "series",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["endless", "long", "never-ending"],
                "preposition": ["in succession", "succession of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the regular pattern of one thing following another thing",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the succession of the seasons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the succession of images on a screen"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["endless", "long", "never-ending"],
                "preposition": ["in succession", "succession of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of taking over an official position or title; the right to take over an official position or title, especially to become the king or queen of a country",
            "sensetop": "in succession to somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He became chairman in succession to Bernard Allen.",
                    "contextForm": "in succession to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's third **in order of succession** to the throne."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a line of succession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wanted to have a son to ensure the succession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party has always attempted to secure an orderly succession of leaders."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["orderly", "disputed", "dynastic"],
                "verb + succession": ["ensure", "secure"],
                "preposition": ["in succession to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the line of succession",
                    "the order of succession",
                    "the right of succession"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səkˈseʃn/",
                "audio": "su/succession/succession__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səkˈseʃn/",
                "audio": "su/succession/succession__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting legal transmission of an estate or the throne to another, also in the sense ‘successors, heirs’): from Old French, or from Latin successio(n-), from the verb succedere ‘come close after’, from sub- ‘close to’ + cedere ‘go’."
}