adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Coming one after the other in a series. not-comparable

   "They had won the title for five successive years."

2. 2
   Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary. not-comparable

   "a successive title; a successive empire"

3. 3
   Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which presupposes the completion of a secondary action as a premise for the primary action of the statement. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   in regular succession without gaps wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

consecutivesequentialadjacentafteralternatealternating

Antonyms

All antonyms

antecedentpredecessive

Example

More examples

"I went there by myself, often on successive evenings."

Etymology

From Latin succedere (“to succeed in”).

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