'Consecutive' definitions:
Definition of 'consecutive'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively" [syn: consecutive, sequentially]
adjective
One after the other; "back-to-back home runs" [syn: back-to-back, consecutive]
adjective
In regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn: consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive]
adjective
Successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [syn: straight, consecutive]
Definition of 'Consecutive'
From: GCIDE
- Consecutive \Con*sec"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. cons['e]cutif. See Consequent.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding. [1913 Webster]
- The actions of a man consecutive to volition. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consecutive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- after,
- attendant,
- cadet,
- catenary,
- connected,
- consistent,
- continuous,
- enlarging,
- ensuing,
- following,
- increasing,
- joined,
- junior,
- later,
- lineal,
- linear,
- orderly,
- ordinal,
- posterior,
- progressive,
- puisne,
- sequent,
- sequential,
- serial,
- seriate,
- subsequent,
- succeeding,
- successional,
- successive,
- tight,
- trailing,
- uninterrupted,
- younger