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consecutive

  • /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/ US, UK

Where it comes from

From French consécutif, from Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, from Latin cōnsecūtus (“followed up”), from Latin cōnsequor (“to travel”).

adjective

  1. not comparable Following, in succession, without interruption. He follows Frédi Kanouté, who achieved the feat in 2006 and 2007 for Sevilla, in scoring in consecutive Uefa Cup/Europa League finals.
  2. not comparable Having some logical sequence.

Opposite: concurrent, nonconsecutive, simultaneously

noun consecutives

  1. countable A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval. The theory suggests, but does not state explicitly, that the prohibition of consecutives is the stricter the nearer the interval in question lies to the fundamental component of a blend.
  2. countable A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another. What marks the consecutive is its special morphology and syntax indicating the temporal succession of actions.
  3. countable, uncountable Consecutive interpretation. Having an audience would have allowed a more natural setting for the consecutive. The choice of individual sessions was dictated by the following considerations: (i) given that the recordings were made on an itinerant basis (sometimes at subjects' homes), it would have proved practically impossible

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: successive, back-to-back, sequential, sequentially, succeeding, sequent, serial, straight, ordered, continuous, uninterrupted, successively, following, follow-up, consequent, consequential

adjective

Opposite: concurrent, nonconsecutive, simultaneously

Translations

Every language

adj following, in succession, without interruption

Españolconsecutivo
日本語連続した renzoku-shita
中文連續的 /连续的 liánxù de, 隨後的 /随后的 suíhòu de
हिन्दीक्रमिक kramik
Portuguêsconsecutivo
Françaisconsécutif
Deutschfolgend, aufeinanderfolgend, fortlaufend, konsekutiv
Românăconsecutiv, succesiv
Русскийпосле́довательный poslédovatelʹnyj, консекути́вный konsekutívnyj
Tiếng Việtliên tiếp

adj having some logical sequence

Portuguêsconsequente
Françaisconsécutif
Deutschkonsekutiv
Русскийпосле́довательный poslédovatelʹnyj, упоря́доченный uporjádočennyj, логи́чный logíčnyj

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@misc{consecutive_2026,
  title = {consecutive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/consecutive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}