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successive
/səkˈsɛsɪv/
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What does successive mean?
adjective
- Coming one after the other in a series.
- Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
- Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which presupposes the completion of a secondary action as a premise for the primary action of the statement.
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IPA pronunciation
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If it was to grow cold, it would be because disenchantment had become total and won the battle at each successive point.
Its most ancient form was probably the potter's wheel, from which it advanced, by successive improvements, to its present highly improved form.
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It is a curious circumstance, but every successive Zeppelin disaster, and their number is legion, has been attributable to a new cause.
Then quickly they climb up again by the same thread, which they wind gradually into a skein and lengthen by successive falls.
In severe cases successive layers of the epidermis are shed, in larger or smaller scales, throughout the whole course of the malady.