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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
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RESTITUTION
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