CONSECUTIVE

consecutive, back-to-back

(adjective) one after the other; “back-to-back home runs”

straight, consecutive

(adjective) successive (without a break); “sick for five straight days”

consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive

(adjective) in regular succession without gaps; “serial concerts”

consecutive, sequentially

(adverb) in a consecutive manner; “we numbered the papers consecutively”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

consecutive (not comparable)

following, in succession, without interruption

having some logical sequence

Antonyms

• nonconsecutive

• simultaneously

Noun

consecutive (countable and uncountable, plural consecutives)

(music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.

(linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.

(uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.

Source: Wiktionary

Con*sec"u*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. consécutif. See Consequent.]

1. Following in a train; suceeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.

2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding. The actions of a man consecutive to volition. Locke.

3. (Mus.)

Definition: 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. Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind suceeding one another without interruption.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

CONSECUTIVE

Etymology

Adjective

Antonyms

Noun

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