successive

pronunciation

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Adjective:

in regular succession without gaps

Word Origin

successive (adj.): early 15c., from Medieval Latin successivus "successive," from success-, stem of Latin succedere "to come after" (see succeed). Related: Successively.

Synonym

adj.

next ensuing next-door attached neighbouring following sequent bordering succeeding immediate sequential closest adjacent subsequent

adj.

orderly non-stop regular in uninterrupted line other series a seriate row break consecutive consequent continuous seriary without unbroken sequence after order the direct one serial ordinal

Example

1. Iron ore imports have shrunken for two successive months .

2. Successive ldp administrations failed to respond to these demands because the government was often the weakest of the three sides of the triangle .

3. She too had won three successive general election victories .

4. Same-store sales at bk have fallen for five successive quarters .

5. Manufacturing output fell for a fifth successive month .

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