Synonyms: taking over, succession
Definition: acquisition of property by descent or by will
Similar words: acquisition
Definition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
Usage: the acquisition of wealth; the acquisition of one company by another
Synonyms: sequence, succession
Definition: the action of following in order
Usage: he played the trumps in sequence
Similar words: order, ordering
Definition: the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
Usage: there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list
Synonyms: succession, successiveness, chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence
Definition: a following of one thing after another in time
Usage: the doctor saw a sequence of patients
Similar words: temporal arrangement, temporal order
Definition: arrangement of events in time
Synonyms: succession
Definition: a group of people or things arranged or following in order
Usage: a succession of stalls offering soft drinks; a succession of failures
Similar words: series
Definition: similar things placed in order or happening one after another
Usage: they were investigating a series of bank robberies
Synonyms: succession, ecological succession
Definition: (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
Similar words: natural action, natural process, action, activity
Definition: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
Usage: the action of natural forces; volcanic activity