Meaning of consecutive in English:

consecutive

Pronunciation /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/

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adjective

1Following each other continuously.
‘five consecutive months of serious decline’
- ‘Last month's hike is the first following five consecutive months of falling rates.’
- ‘Economists said this ninth consecutive rise would be followed by further increases in the months ahead.’
- ‘He followed up with three consecutive Championship wins and was runner-up three times in succession.’
- ‘This continued for two consecutive weeks; the final total being 504 holes of golf and who knows how many practice balls!’
- ‘These sessions will continue for four consecutive Thursday evenings.’
- ‘The next three episodes then screen on the following consecutive Sunday nights at 8.00 pm.’
- ‘Trials continue until five consecutive trials are obtained that meet the criteria for range restriction, with a maximum of ten trials.’
- ‘The fall in office rents followed four consecutive years of double-digit growth and was largely caused by fears over the economy.’
- ‘Experimental manipulations within plants continued for six consecutive days.’
- ‘The treatment was started three days after inoculation with amoebae and continued for three consecutive days.’
- ‘The birth rate increased for the third consecutive year following nearly a decade of decline.’
- ‘This treatment was continued for two consecutive days if cows had persistent fever.’
- ‘Her appeal follows the fourth consecutive fall in the number of reported cases of euthanasia.’
- ‘The number has declined for the eighth consecutive month.’
- ‘However, the reality is that the figures still signal expansion for the seventh consecutive month even if the pace is easing somewhat.’
- ‘Higher employment was achieved for the 10th consecutive month in June, but the pace of growth was somewhat less.’
- ‘January was the 50th consecutive month of economic expansion.’
- ‘While eminent singers will be involved as members of the jury, the talent scouting exercise will go on for six consecutive months.’
- ‘The maximum boarding period allowed is three consecutive months.’
- ‘He received two six months consecutive sentences for these charges.’
successive, succeeding, following, in succession, running, in a row, one after the other, back-to-back, continuous, solid, straight, uninterrupted, unbroken
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1. 1.1In unbroken or logical sequence.
  ‘a consecutive pattern of what the film would be like’
  ‘You can also look for sequences of consecutive primes in arithmetic progression.’
  ‘A quantitative comparison of the flickers observed in the two consecutive image sequences was performed.’
  ‘A Terz is a sequence of three consecutive cards; it is worth 20 points.’
  ‘At your turn you can play an ascending sequence of consecutive cards in a single suit, provided that the first card beats the previous play.’
  ‘A sequence of three consecutive pairs or a four of a kind can beat a single two (but not any other single card).’
  ‘The most usual combinations are a collection of cards of equal rank, or a sequence of cards of consecutive ranks in the same suit.’
  ‘If a consecutive sequence in the same suit, headed by an Old card, is held by some player then the whole sequence are Old Cards.’
  ‘The lines of various colours are primordium boundaries as recognized in consecutive members of the sequence.’
  ‘At the top of the heap is the straight flush, which consists of any sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.’
  ‘A sequence is a group of cards in consecutive order, regardless of suit.’
  ‘An edition is the total number made of an original print, each numbered in consecutive order starting with one.’
  ‘As the sequence progresses, the gaps between consecutive squares get longer and longer.’
  ‘Now, the company is offering customers the option of purchasing the revolvers with consecutive serial numbers.’
  ‘The review units arrived as a matched pair with consecutive serial numbers and sounded well-matched.’
  ‘Back in 1995, the record was only seven consecutive primes in arithmetic progression.’
  ‘As the numbers in the sequence get larger, the ratios of consecutive numbers get closer to the golden ratio.’
  ‘A sequence consists of three or more consecutive cards of the same suit, such as 5 6 7.’
  ‘In the second phase, as an alternative to playing a single card it is possible to play a sequence of two or more consecutive cards in the same suit.’
  ‘A sequence of equal sized, consecutive sets of identical cards can be led.’
  ‘Pretty much it's in consecutive order, but a couple things are out of order.’
  sequential, consecutive, in sequence, in order of time, in order, ordered, progressive, serial
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2Grammar
Expressing consequence or result.
‘a consecutive clause’
- ‘In its role as a consecutive connector and as a punctuation marker, it corresponds to other markers in English than well or cos, eg. then or therefore.’
- ‘The consecutive connector can be omitted.’
- ‘Consecutive adverbial subordinate sentences are those that express a consequence of what the main clause says.’
3Music
Denoting intervals of the same kind (especially fifths or octaves) occurring in succession between two parts or voices.
‘Since a majority of Dixieland numbers have long chains of secondary dominants you end up using the following scale respectively over each consecutive chord.’
- ‘For this particular pattern there is a classical fingering pattern which is repeated over each consecutive octave.’
- ‘As the player went higher, more notes were available in each consecutive octave.’