successive
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[edit] Etymology
Latin succedere, to succeed in
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successive (not comparable)
- Coming one after the other in a series.
- They had won the title for five successive years.
- 2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, BBC Sport:
- Mancini's men were far from their best but dug in to earn a 10th win in 11 league games and an eighth successive victory in all competitions to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the table.
- Of, or relating to a succession.
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- (in a series): consecutive
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in a series
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[edit] French
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successive f.
- feminine form of successif
[edit] Italian
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successive f. pl.
- feminine form of successivo
[edit] Latin
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successīve
- vocative masculine singular of successīvus
[edit] Swedish
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successive
- absolute definite natural masculine form of successiv.
