succession

/səkˈsɛʃən/

意味: 連続、継承

例文: Haruki planted a succession of trees.
　　  ハルキは木を連続して植えた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: line of succession(継承順位), succession planning(後継計画), ecological succession(生態的遷移)

定義: 物事が次々と続くことや、ある地位や役割を次の人が引き継ぐことを指します。たとえば、王位や会社の役職が次の人に渡ることを「継承」と言います。また、自然界で植物や動物が時間とともに変化していく過程も「遷移」として使われます。

successionは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a following of one thing after another in time
Noun: a group of people or things arranged or following in order
Noun: the action of following in order
Noun: (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
Noun: acquisition of property by descent or by will

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Examples(例文)

Noun: the doctor saw a sequence of patients
Noun: a succession of stalls offering soft drinks
Noun: a succession of failures
Noun: he played the trumps in sequence

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): chronological sequence, chronological succession, ecological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness, taking over

Antonyms(反意語):

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Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): acquisition, natural process, order, series, temporal arrangement

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): absorption, acceptance, acidification, actinide series, adiabatic process, aeration, alphabetization, annexation, antiredeposition, assumption, buyout, capture, centrifugation, chain, chemical process, chromatography, concretion, condensation, convection, cordon, course, curdling, cycle, decay, demagnetization, desorption, diffusion, dissolution, distillation, drift, effervescence, electromotive series, electrophoresis, establishment, extinction, extraction, feedback, filtration, flocculation, flow, formation, fossilization, geological process, hardening, helium group, hierarchy, inactivation, incurring, inheritance, ion exchange, ionization, lanthanide series, layout, leach, magnetization, materialization, moneymaking, nexus, nuclear reaction, opacification, oscillation, oxygenation, pair production, phase change, pork-barreling, precession of the equinoxes, procurement, progression, purchase, radiation, rank order, rash, release, restitution, saltation, scaling, scattering, sequence, sericulture, sink, soak, softening, sorption, source, stations, stiffening, stimulation, string, succession, survival, synergy, temperature change, timing, transduction, transpiration, vitrification, wave train

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): alternation, cascade, opening, parade, rain, rotation, row, run, streak

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: sequence, sequential, succeed, successive

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

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Suffixes(接尾辞): ion

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