Synonyms:
sequence, chronological_sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological_succession
Meaning: a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
Synonyms:
succession
Meaning: a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"
Synonyms:
succession, sequence
Meaning: the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"
Usage examples
Friend followed friend in quick succession.
Real succession in swift motions without sense of succession.
But it is quite a feat to make ten correct judgments in succession.
Still the interminable succession of stretches of brush, cactus, and mesquite.
It was generally supposed that a certain Prince Naraskin would be appointed to the succession.
One chorus brought me out of bed in Daytona--in the evening--after a succession of February dog-day showers.
How can its administration be any thing else than a succession of expedients temporizing, impotent, disgraceful?
Mr. Micawber resumed his seat on the close of these remarks, and drank two glasses of punch in grave succession.
Out came the officers, in quick succession, tumbling heels over head and striking the ground in many undignified attitudes.
Whereupon he levelled his revolver at the dead leopard, and shutting his eyes tightly, fired four shots in rapid succession.