Consecutive
[kən'sekjʊtɪv] or [kən'sɛkjətɪv]
Definition
(adj.) in regular succession without gaps; 'serial concerts' .
(adv.) in a consecutive manner; 'we numbered the papers consecutively'.
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Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
(a.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Successive, uninterrupted, continuous, succeeding regularly, following in a series.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Orderly, arranged, coherent, continuous
ANT:Disordered, undigested, incoherent, rambling, inconsequent, inconsecutive,discursive
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Examples
- He was a most artistic and delicate writer, and Socrates could write nothing consecutive. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He is just in that mood when you cannot depend on his consistency for two consecutive hours. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Sound waves may be said to consist of a series of condensations and rarefactions, and the distance between two consecutive condensations and rarefactions may be defined as the wave length. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Selecting the letter from the bundle, the little lawyer laid it at Mr. Pickwick's elbow, and took snuff for two consecutive minutes, without winking. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When he could find the trouble ten consecutive times, using five minutes each, he was sent to London. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is merely a more explicit statement of the way in which that consecutive arrangement occurs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This is a well-known article of commerce, used in mercantile establishments for the stamping of consecutive, duplicate, and manifold numbers on checks and other documents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In a railroad, spaces are usually left between consecutive rails in order to allow for expansion during the summer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- See what happens, for example, when a carpenter is at work upon a board, or an etcher upon his plate--or in any case of a consecutive activity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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