Definition of Consecutive
Consecutive
Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.
Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden.
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Consecutive Quotations
But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.
Jose Mourinho
The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime.
William J. Clinton
You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
Harry Caray
Don't trust anyone who has been in school for the past 24 consecutive years.
Craig Bruce
I've been able to do pretty well. I don't work as many consecutive nights as I used to, but I'm still working over 100 nights a year, so that's good for me.
Mose Allison
I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.
John Engler
There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.
Robert Wilson Lynd
Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging.
Kenneth H. Cooper
Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence is composed of the same particles.
John Tyndall
Consecutive Translations
consecutive in German is aufeinanderfolgend, fortlaufende
consecutive in Italian is consecutivo
consecutive in Spanish is sucesivo
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