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consecutive

/kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/

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What does consecutive mean?

adjective

  1. Following, in succession, without interruption.
  2. Having some logical sequence.

noun

  1. A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
  2. Consecutive interpretation.

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/

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Unemployment has declined for the third consecutive year, but inflation continues to be about three times the European Community average.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
Why, I never was away from my mother and father ten consecutive hours in my life until I went to West Point.
Henry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A., First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military AcademyProject Gutenberg ebook #2448
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Only the possible ones get linked up with a consecutive series of commands corresponding to a series of events, and are executed.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
Their general likeness to each other, and their consecutive ages, would almost have suggested that they might be, what in fact they were, brothers.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
The green baize first offers just thirty-six square compartments, marked out by yellow threads woven in the fabric itself, and bearing thirty-six consecutive numbers.
Andrew SteinmetzThe Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)Project Gutenberg ebook #466