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Meaning of 'consecutive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Consecutive [ a.]
- Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.
- Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
- Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden.

Meaning of 'consecutive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . consecutive [ r]
Meaning (1):
- in a consecutive manner
Example in sentence:
  • he was consecutively ill, then well, then ill again;
  • we numbered the papers consecutively
2 . consecutive [ s]
Meaning (2):
- one after the other
Example in sentence:
  • back-to-back home runs
Meaning (3):
- in regular succession without gaps
Example in sentence:
  • serial concerts
Meaning (4):
- successive (without a break)
Example in sentence:
  • sick for five straight days

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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