Consecutive

Quick meaning: Consecutive is an adjective meaning Following, in succession, without interruption.

Meaning

Following, in succession, without interruption.

More Meanings

1. Having some logical sequence.
2. (music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
3. (linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
4. (uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.

Example Sentences

What marks the consecutive is its special morphology and syntax indicating the temporal succession of actions.

Most commentators recognize that the two waw consecutives in Genesis 2:15 resume the narrative thread of verse 8.

He follows Frédi Kanouté, who achieved the feat in 2006 and 2007 for Sevilla, in scoring in consecutive Uefa Cup/Europa League finals.

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.

Word Forms

• consecutives

Synonyms for consecutive

Depending on context, synonyms include sequent, ordered, sequential, continuous, straight, sequentially.

Antonyms for consecutive

Common opposites include concurrent, nonconsecutive, simultaneously.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include successive, back-to-back, sequential, sequentially, succeeding, sequent.

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