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consecutive

/kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/

consecutive adjective: following, in succession, without interruption.

Adjective

consecutive (not comparable)

  1. 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.2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian
    • It was his 41st goal for England, making him the country's fifth highest international goalscorer and continued an incredible record of scoring in 15 consecutive World Cup and Euro qualifiers.2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport
  2. Having some logical sequence.

Noun

consecutive (countable and uncountable, plural 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.1919, Henry J. Watt, The Foundations of Music, page 88
    • In the case of discords, the fixed progression of the dissonant interval serves, to a large extent, as a guide to the progression of the remaining intervals of the harmony; in the case of concords this guidance is lacking, and it must be remembered that, in every progression of two parts, by...2003, Franck Thomas Arnold, The Art of Accompaniment from a Thorough-bass, →ISBN, page 484
  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.1986, Dieter Kastovsky, Aleksander Szwedek, Linguistics across Historical and Geographical Boundaries, →ISBN
    • Unfortunately, we have not had the opportunity to study examples of consecutives in other languages. We hypothesize that consecutives may be found in other languages, especially in those langages that have a complicated system of Aktionsarten.1993, Bernard Comrie, Maria Polinsky, Causatives and Transitivity, →ISBN, page 338
  3. 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...2002, Giuliana Garzone, Maurizio Viezzi, Interpreting in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities, →ISBN

consecutive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

consecutive in Hindi

following, in succession, without interruption
क्रमिक kramik

consecutive in Tamil

அடுத்தடுத்த, அடுத்தடுத்து, தொடர்ச்சியான, தொடர்ந்தார் போல், தொடர்ந்து வருகின்ற, அடுத்துவருகின்ற

consecutive in Urdu

لگاتار, مسلسل, سلسلہ وار

consecutive in Bengali

পরপর, ধারাবাহিক, উপর্যুপরি, ঠায়
More languagesFewer languages
consecutive in Malayalam
അനുക്രമമായ, ഒന്നിനു പിറകെ ഒന്നായ, തുടർച്ചയായി വരുന്ന, ക്രമമനുസരിച്ച
consecutive in Kannada
ನಿರಂತರ nirantara
consecutive in Tagalog
magkakasunod, kasunod
consecutive in Vietnamese
liên tiếp

Examples of consecutive in a sentence

  • Here the risk of consecutives has been minimised by using mainly contrary motion in the bass.2004, Hugh Benham, A Student's Guide to Harmony and Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 86:
  • Most commentators recognize that the two waw consecutives in Genesis 2:15 resume the narrative thread of verse 8.2008, Terry Mortenson, Thane Ury, Coming to Grips With Genesis, →ISBN:
  • Having an audience would have allowed a more natural setting for the consecutive.2002, Giuliana Garzone, Maurizio Viezzi, Interpreting in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities, →ISBN:

All 40 example sentences with consecutive

Antonyms of consecutive

Forms of consecutive

pluralconsecutives

Origin of consecutive

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

Words formed from consecutive

Questions about consecutive

What does consecutive mean?
Consecutive means following, in succession, without interruption.
What is consecutive in Hindi?
Consecutive in Hindi is क्रमिक (kramik). See Consecutive meaning in Hindi.
How do you use consecutive in a sentence?
Here the risk of consecutives has been minimised by using mainly contrary motion in the bass.
What part of speech is consecutive?
Consecutive can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce consecutive?
Consecutive is pronounced /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/ (UK).

Words near consecutive in the dictionary

  1. consecutes
  2. consecuting
  3. consecutio temporum
  4. consecution
  5. consecutions
  6. consecutive
  7. consecutive fifths
  8. consecutive interpretation
  9. consecutive interpreting
  10. consecutively
  11. consecutiveness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: consecutive (page history and authors); consecutive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consecutive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consecutive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consecutive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ನಿರಂತರ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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