Antonyms for succession

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suh k-sesh-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : səkˈsɛʃ ən

interruption

Definition of succession

Origin : early 14c., "fact or right of succeeding someone by inheritance," from Old French succession (13c.), from Latin successionem (nominative successio) "a following after, a coming into another's place, result," from successus, past participle of succedere (see succeed). Meaning "fact of being later in time" is late 14c.

noun continuation
noun sequence

Example sentences :

So for two mornings in succession he was sent away from the office.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Rank after rank in succession appeared: literally thousands.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

He came ten days in succession, and gave me three hours each day.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Several doors were opened in succession, and finally his own.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

We are a succession of phenomena very absolutely determined.
Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet

All that we can know about that is that in us there is a succession of ideas, of representations; but we, but I, what is that?
Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet

She developed a succession of small ailments, lassitudes, nerves.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

The cake was cut in succession by poets, by painters, and by novelists.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

Upon his inward sight was impressed a succession of memory-pictures.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

When you get there you must loosen your girdle and strike the tree with it three times in succession.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Synonyms for succession

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