Synonyms for consecutive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhn-sek-yuh-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsɛk yə tɪv

Top 10 synonyms for consecutive

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for consecutive

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