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
consecutive (not comparable)
following, in succession, without interruption
having some logical sequence
• nonconsecutive
• simultaneously
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
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.