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successive

[ suhk-ses-iv ]

adjective

  1. following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive:

    three successive days.

  2. following another in a regular sequence:

    the second successive day.

  3. characterized by or involving succession.


successive

/ əˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. following another without interruption
  2. of or involving succession

    a successive process

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ܳˈԱ, noun
  • ܳˈ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܳ··· adverb
  • ܳ···Ա noun
  • ԴDz·ܳ·· adjective
  • non·ܳ···Ա noun
  • ܲ·ܳ·· adjective
  • un·ܳ···Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of successive1

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ܳīܲ, equivalent to success ( us ), past participle of ܳŧ to succeed + -īܲ -ive
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With Monday's 3-0 defeat by Newcastle, the Foxes became the first side in the top four tiers of English football to lose eight successive home league games without scoring.

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An economy is defined as being in recession when the total of everything we and the government spend or export shrinks for two successive three-month periods.

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The victory moves Aston Villa level on points with fifth-placed Manchester City and in with a chance of qualifying for the Champions League - via their league position - for the second successive season.

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We can’t go on rallying only for each successive crisis or onstage moment — a post-riot rebuilding, a library fire, the Olympics — and then claim to be a great city in between.

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That toughening was welcomed by the public as an antidote to a judicial system stymied by an indulgent culture of successive appeals that enabled – and sometimes still enables - politicians to dodge accountability for decades.

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