succession -- (a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures")
succession, sequence -- (the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence")
succession, ecological succession -- ((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)
succession, taking over -- (acquisition of property by descent or by will)