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- Dictionarycon·sec·u·tive/kənˈsekyədiv/
adjective
- 1. following continuously: "five consecutive months of serious decline"
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Consecutive refers to things that are arranged or happen in a sequential order. A criminal who serves a consecutive sentence does time for one conviction after another. If that person gets a concurrent sentence, he or she undergoes all punishments at the same time. Synonyms. back-to-back. sequential. straight. succeeding. successional. successive.
CONSECUTIVE definition: 1. Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after another without an interruption: 2…. Learn more.
If things are consecutive, they happen one after the other with no break. If there are five consecutive snowstorms on five consecutive days, you'll have to shovel your way out on day six. Consecutive comes from the Latin consecutus, meaning "following closely" with no gap.
Consecutive definition: following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive. See examples of CONSECUTIVE used in a sentence.
Consecutive periods of time or events happen one after the other without interruption. The Cup was won for the third consecutive year by the Toronto Maple Leafs. ...two consecutive wet British summers. Synonyms: successive, running, following, succeeding More Synonyms of consecutive.
Consecutive definition: Following one after another without interruption; successive.
1. Following one after another without interruption; successive: was absent on three consecutive days; won five consecutive games on the road. 2. Marked by logical sequence. 3. Grammar Expressing consequence or result: a consecutive clause.
CONSECUTIVE meaning: 1. Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after another without an interruption: 2…. Learn more.
[usually before noun] following one after another in a continuous series. She was absent for nine consecutive days. He is beginning his fourth consecutive term of office. After six consecutive defeats, the team was almost ready to give up. Interest rates rose again for the fifth consecutive month.
Consecutive events, numbers, or periods of time come one after the other: the third consecutive day of rain. consecutively. adverb. Tickets are numbered consecutively from 1 to 100. (Definition of consecutive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
