consecutive
//kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv//
Forms
- Plural
- consecutives
Definitions
1.Following, in succession, without interruption.
- He follows Frédi Kanouté, who achieved the feat in 2006 and 2007 for Sevilla, in scoring in consecutive Uefa Cup/Europa League finals.
- It was his 41st goal for England, making him the country's fifth highest international goalscorer and continued an incredible record of scoring in 15 consecutive World Cup and Euro qualifiers.
2.Having some logical sequence.
1.A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
- The theory suggests, but does not state explicitly, that the prohibition of consecutives is the stricter the nearer the interval in question lies to the fundamental component of a blend.
2.A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
- What marks the consecutive is its special morphology and syntax indicating the temporal succession of actions.
- Most commentators recognize that the two waw consecutives in Genesis 2:15 resume the narrative thread of verse 8.
3.Consecutive interpretation.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #5004
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From French consécutif
From Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus
From Latin cōnsecūtus (“followed up”)
From Latin cōnsequor (“to travel”).