successive

English

Etymology

Latin succedere, to succeed in

Pronunciation

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Adjective

successive (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. Of, or relating to a succession.

Synonyms

• (in a series): consecutive

Derived terms

• successively
• nonsuccessive

Related terms

• succeed
• success

Translations

in a series

• Catalan: successiu (ca)
• Finnish: peräkkäinen (fi), perättäinen (fi)
• French: successif (fr)

• Russian: последующий (ru) (posledujuščij), следующий (ru) (sledujuščij)
• Spanish: sucesivo (es)

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• Esperanto: sinsekva (eo)

• Georgian: თანმიმდევრული (ka) (t’anmimdevruli)
• Romanian: succesiv

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French

Adjective

successive f

1. feminine form of successif

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Italian

Adjective

successive f pl

1. feminine form of successivo

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Latin

Adjective

successīve

1. vocative masculine singular of successīvus

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Swedish

Adjective

successive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of successiv.