Consecutive definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

consecutive in American English · 1. following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive. six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus Thesaurus AmericanThesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Definitionof 'consecutive'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× consecutive (kənsekjʊtɪv ) adjective[usuallyADJECTIVEnoun] Consecutiveperiodsoftimeoreventshappenoneaftertheotherwithoutinterruption. TheCupwaswonforthethirdconsecutiveyearbytheTorontoMapleLeafs. ...twoconsecutivewetBritishsummers. Synonyms:successive,running,following,succeeding MoreSynonymsofconsecutive consecutively adverb[ADVERBafterverb]Iwonfirstprizeforseveralyearsconsecutively. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof consecutive Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'consecutive' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'consecutive' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'meltwater' HindiTranslationof'consecutive' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency consecutiveinBritishEnglish (kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv ) adjective1. (ofanarrative,account,etc)followingchronologicalsequence 2. followingoneanotherwithoutinterruption;successive 3. characterizedbylogicalsequence 4. musicanotherwordforparallel(sense3) 5. grammar expressingconsequenceorresult consecutiveclauses CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsconsecutively(conˈsecutively)adverb consecutiveness(conˈsecutiveness)noun WordoriginC17:fromFrenchconsécutif,fromLatinconsecūtushavingfollowed,fromconsequītopursue WordFrequency consecutiveinAmericanEnglish (kənˈsɛkjutɪv ;kənˈsɛkjətɪv ) adjective1.  followinginorder,withoutinterruption;successive forfourconsecutivedays 2.  proceedingfromonepartorideatothenextinlogicalorder,asastory,reasoning,etc. Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsconsecutively(conˈsecutively) adverb consecutiveness(conˈsecutiveness) noun WordoriginFrconsécutif