succession
/səkˈsɛʃ.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station."
- "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"
- "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."
- "long descent of Kings , whose names only for many successions without other memory stand thus register'd"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: succession, successiō
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /səkˈsɛʃ.ən/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.