successive
[suh k-ses-iv]
- 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.
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Origin of successive
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Examples from the Web for successive
Contemporary Examples
After the three others were killed in successive Israeli operations in the mid-1990s, Zeif took command.
Laypeople tend to regard two successive quarters of negative growth as a recession.
The West has seen what Putin has done with Russia during his successive terms in office.
Perhaps hotels will offer package deals through which visitors can visit all the talk-shows on three successive nights.
And it comes on the heels of two successive years of reduced deficits.
Historical Examples
He was five successive years the representative of Thomaston.
Biographical SketchesNathaniel Hawthorne
In 1840, he was chosen president, and held the office for eight successive years.
That is a mystery; but it may be supposed to take place by successive stages.
Initiation into PhilosophyEmile Faguet
No rigid line can be drawn between the successive stages of growth.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
The story of Bluebeard is probably based on the successive crimes of a sadic.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
successive
- following another without interruption
- of or involving successiona successive process
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Word Origin and History for successive
adj.
early 15c., from Medieval Latin successivus, from success-, stem of succedere (see succeed). Related: Successively.
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