What does consecutive mean?

Definitions for consecutive
kənˈsɛk yə tɪvcon·sec·u·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. back-to-back, consecutiveadjective

    one after the other

    "back-to-back home runs"

  2. consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successiveadjective

    in regular succession without gaps

    "serial concerts"

  3. straight, consecutiveadverb

    successive (without a break)

    "sick for five straight days"

  4. consecutive, sequentiallyadverb

    in a consecutive manner

    "we numbered the papers consecutively"

Wiktionary

  1. consecutiveadjective

    following, in succession, without interruption

  2. consecutiveadjective

    Having some logical sequence

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CONSECUTIVEadjective

    Etymology: consecutif, French.

    That obligation upon the lands did not come into disuse but by fifty consecutive years of exemption. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

    This is seeming to comprehend only the actions of a man, consecutive to volition. John Locke.

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  1. consecutive

    Consecutive refers to things or events that follow one after the other without interruption or any gap. It often describes a sequence or series where each element is closely succeeded or preceded by another. In Mathematics, it usually applies to numbers that occur in an uninterrupted sequence such as 1, 2, 3, and so on.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Consecutiveadjective

    following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years

  2. Consecutiveadjective

    following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding

  3. Consecutiveadjective

    having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden

  4. Etymology: [Cf. F. conscutif. See Consequent.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of consecutive in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of consecutive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of consecutive in a Sentence

  1. Diego Recalde:

    In Guatemala, 170,000 families, approximately 900,000 people, have no food reserves left. This is the third consecutive year they have been hit by drought, this is a slow emergency that's not visible but we can already notice chronic child malnutrition is increasing.

  2. Chua Hak Bin:

    We now think that the odds are more than even that the Singapore economy slipped into a technical recession in the third quarter, as defined by two consecutive quarter-on-quarter contractions, we expect the Monetary Authority of Singapore to ease monetary policy again at the October policy meeting.

  3. Jacob Bigelow:

    It is common error to infer that things which are consecutive in order of time have necessarily the relation of cause and effect.

  4. Jesse Jackson:

    They are clearly setting the pace, making measurable progress for three consecutive years. They've acted with intention, not just aspiration.

  5. Thomas Hegghammer:

    Any country that experiences two consecutive large bombings has a problem. It's not supposed to happen, so there clearly is a new network that the intelligence services are not completely in control of.

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