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Antonyms for consecutive
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kuhn-sek-yuh-tiv |
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsɛk yə tɪv |
Definition of consecutive
Origin :- 1610s, from French consécutif (16c.), from Medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consecutus "following closely," past participle of consequi (see consequence). Related: Consecutively.
- adj in sequence
- The story is not consecutive; the adventures not exciting; the landscape not denned.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- He holds office for two years, but can be re-elected for a consecutive term.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
- His mental processes are not consecutive, stable, or controlled.
- Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
- I don't believe you've said three consecutive words all day long.
- Extract from : « The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point » by Laura Lee Hope
- What for three consecutive nights could bring the manager down to the sawmill?
- Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
- I haven't had time to get a consecutive account of what happened: they're all too excited.
- Extract from : « Coming Home » by Edith Wharton
- That word "consecutive" in the proof law was an awful stickler.
- Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
- This was particularly the case when he continued his watch for some consecutive hours.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
- She had come here to think, and consecutive thought was impossible.
- Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It consists of three consecutive lines in the same stanza which rhyme.
- Extract from : « Negro Folk Rhymes » by Thomas W. Talley
Synonyms for consecutive
- after
- chronological
- connected
- constant
- continuing
- continuous
- ensuing
- following
- going on
- in order
- in turn
- increasing
- later
- logical
- numerical
- one after another
- progressive
- running
- sequent
- sequential
- serial
- serialized
- seriate
- seriatim
- succedent
- succeeding
- successional
- successive
- understandable
- uninterrupted
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