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Meaning of 'successive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Successive [ a.]
- Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer.
- Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire.

Meaning of 'successive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . successive [ s]
Meaning (1):
- in regular succession without gaps
Example in sentence:
  • serial concerts

Nearby Words:

succade succedane succedanea succedaneous succedaneum succeed succeedant succeeded succeeder succeeding

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