Successive
/səkˈsɛsɪv/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Coming one after the other in a series. not-comparable
"They had won the title for five successive years."
- 2 Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary. not-comparable
"a successive title; a successive empire"
- 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 in regular succession without gaps wordnet
Example
More examples"I went there by myself, often on successive evenings."
Etymology
From Latin succedere (“to succeed in”).