succession

successione

Il susseguirsi di cose o eventi, uno dopo l’altro.

In inglese semplice: The process of one thing happening or coming after another.

• Three cars passed in quick succession.
• The bells rang in rapid succession.
• She won two races in succession.

Sinonimi: posteriority

Espressioni comuni: in quick succession, in rapid succession

serie, successione

Insieme di persone o cose che si presentano una dopo l’altra.

In inglese semplice: A series of people or things that come one after another.

• A succession of storms damaged the roof.
• The house had a succession of owners.
• We watched an endless succession of trucks pass.

Come si usa: a succession of someone/something (A succession of visitors arrived throughout the day.)

Sinonimi: series, sequence

Espressioni comuni: a succession of, long succession

successione al trono

Passaggio del ruolo e del potere di un re o di una regina a un’altra persona.

In inglese semplice: The transfer of the position and power of a king or queen to another person.

• The king announced new rules for succession.
• Her succession to the throne was peaceful.
• The prince is first in the line of succession.

Come si usa: succession to something (The law governs succession to the throne.)

Espressioni comuni: royal succession, succession to something, line of succession

successione stratigrafica

Insieme di strati di roccia disposti nell’ordine in cui si sono formati.

In inglese semplice: A set of rock layers arranged in the order in which they formed.

• The cliff reveals a thick sedimentary succession.
• Fossils help scientists date this rock succession.
• Two geological successions were compared in the study.

Sinonimi: sequence

Espressioni comuni: sedimentary succession, rock succession, geological succession