different between succession vs succeeding

English

Etymology

From Old French succession, from Latin successio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?k?s??.?n/

Noun

succession (countable and uncountable, plural successions)

1. An act of following in sequence.
2. A sequence of things in order.
3. A passing of royal powers.
4. A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
5. A race or series of descendants.
6. (agriculture) Rotation, as of crops.
7. A right to take possession.
8. (historical) In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
9. (obsolete, rare) The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.

Synonyms

• (an act of following in sequence): See Thesaurus:posteriority
• (a sequence of things in order): See Thesaurus:sequence

Derived terms

• successional
• successionary

Related terms

• successive

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successio, successionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk.s?.sj??/

Noun

succession f (plural successions)

1. succession
2. Series
3. Inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors

Derived terms

• droits de succession

Further reading

• “succession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?k?si?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??
• Hyphenation: suc?ceed?ing

Adjective

succeeding (not comparable)

1. Following, next in order.

   • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

Synonyms

• next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent

Antonyms

• preceding; see also Thesaurus:former

Translations

Verb

succeeding

1. present participle of succeed

Noun

succeeding (plural succeedings)

1. success
   • 1722, Nicholas Ling, John Bodenham, Wits Common-wealth (page 105)

     It is good for a man in the midst of prosperity to fear a Ruin, and in the midst of adversity to hope for better succeedings.