successionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /səkˈsɛʃ.ən/

名詞

succession (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 successions)

1. An act of following in sequence.
2. A sequence of things in order.
   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure

   • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

     England gave away six penalties in the first 15 minutes and were lucky to still have 15 men on the pitch, but Kvirikashvili missed two very makeable penalties in quick succession as Georgia were unable to take advantage of significant territorial advantage.

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.
   • 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […] , London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , OCLC 946735472:

     long descent of Kings , whose names only for many successions without other memory stand thus register'd

同意語

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

派生語

• successional
• successionary

関連する語

• successive