All 3 Uses of
succession
in
Anna Karenina
- Again in extraordinarily rapid succession his best moments rose before his mind, and then his recent humiliation.
Part 4 *succession = sequence (one after another)
- Shots followed shots in rapid succession.
Part 6
- They were speaking of the last telegram stating that the Turks had been for three days in succession beaten at all points and put to flight, and that tomorrow a decisive engagement was expected.
Part 8succession = a row (one after another)
Definitions:
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(1)
(succession as in: a succession of events) series or sequence (one after another)
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(2)
(succession as in: presidential line of succession) replacement -- especially someone to taking a job or position after another leaves it