successive

[ suh k-ses-iv ]

/ səkˈsɛs ɪv /

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adjective

following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.

following another in a regular sequence: the second successive day.

characterized by or involving succession.

Nearby words

success story, successful, succession, succession of crops, succession state, successive, successor, succinate, succinct, succinctorium, succinic

Origin of successive

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin successīvus, equivalent to success(us), past participle of succēdere to succeed + -īvus -ive

Related forms

suc·ces·sive·ly, adverbsuc·ces·sive·ness, nounnon·suc·ces·sive, adjectivenon·suc·ces·sive·ly, adverb

non·suc·ces·sive·ness, nounun·suc·ces·sive, adjectiveun·suc·ces·sive·ly, adverbun·suc·ces·sive·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for successive

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And it comes on the heels of two successive years of reduced deficits.
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The rapids are 11 miles long, with successive ridges and shoals extending from shore to shore.
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And say, Happy: if yuh ride that blue roan for five successive minutes, I'll give yuh fifty dollars.
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There has been therefore in the successive forms and stages of animal life a clear sequence of dominant nervous actions.
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Sombreuil was tried and executed at Vannes, and over 700 were shot in batches on successive days in a field near Auray.
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The weather had been tempestuous and rainy, for three or four successive days: on the 28th it cleared up a little.
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British Dictionary definitions for successive

successive

/ (səkˈsɛsɪv) /

adjective

following another without interruption

of or involving successiona successive process

Derived Forms

successively, adverbsuccessiveness, noun

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