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There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.
Robert Wilson Lynd

Meaning of "consecutive" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONSECUTIVE

From French consécutif, from Latin consecūtus having followed, from consequī to pursue.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSECUTIVE

consecutive  [kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSECUTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Consecutive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONSECUTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of consecutive in the English dictionary

The first definition of consecutive in the dictionary is following chronological sequence. Other definition of consecutive is following one another without interruption; successive. Consecutive is also characterized by logical sequence.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSECUTIVE


attributive
əˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
automotive
ˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv
contributive
kənˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
diminutive
dɪˈmɪnjʊtɪv
distributive
dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv
electromotive
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈməʊtɪv
emotive
ɪˈməʊtɪv
evolutive
ɪˈvɒljʊtɪv
executive
ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv
flexecutive
flɛɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv
inconsecutive
ˌɪnkənˈsɛkjʊtɪv
locomotive
ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪv
motive
ˈməʊtɪv
nonconsecutive
ˌnɒnkənˈsekjʊtɪv
nonexecutive
ˌnɒnɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv
redistributive
ˌriːdɪsˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
resolutive
rɪˈzɒljʊtɪv
retributive
rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
solutive
ˈsɒljʊtɪv
votive
ˈvəʊtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONSECUTIVE

consecrate
consecrated
consecrated ground
consecratedness
Consecration
consecrative
consecrator
consecratory
consectaneous
consectary
consecution
consecutively
consecutiveness
conseil
consenescence
consenescency
consension
consensual
consensually
consensus

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONSECUTIVE

absolutive
account executive
active
alternative
chief executive
competitive
constitutive
dilutive
dissolutive
Health and Safety Executive
institutive
junior executive
Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive
obvolutive
persecutive
pollutive
restitutive
sales executive
senior executive
substitutive

Synonyms and antonyms of consecutive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONSECUTIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «consecutive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of consecutive

Translation of «consecutive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONSECUTIVE

Find out the translation of consecutive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of consecutive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «consecutive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

连续的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

consecutivo
570 millions of speakers

English

consecutive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लगातार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُتَعاقِب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

последовательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

consecutivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরপর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

consécutif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berturut-turut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufeinanderfolgend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

連続的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연속적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Consecutive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên tiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர்ச்சியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लागोपाठ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ardışık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consecutivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolejny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

послідовний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

consecutiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαδοχικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agtereenvolgende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

på varandra följande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

påfølgende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of consecutive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSECUTIVE»

The term «consecutive» is very widely used and occupies the 12.018 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSECUTIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «consecutive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «consecutive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about consecutive

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONSECUTIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word consecutive.
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Mose Allison
I've been able to do pretty well. I don't work as many consecutive nights as I used to, but I'm still working over 100 nights a year, so that's good for me.
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Harry Caray
You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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Kenneth H. Cooper
Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging.
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John Engler
I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.
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Adam Garcia
At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job but I couldn't do it because I was only 15. Legally I needed to have another 15-year-old to cover consecutive nights.
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Pau Gasol
Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.
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Robert Wilson Lynd
There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.
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Sean Quinn
I'm a hard-nosed businessman, that if a company is paying its way, increasing profits for thirty-odd consecutive years, you don't put it into receivership.
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Simon Schama
At 11, 12, I thought I was clumsy, ugly, a mess, an unappealing person, but I did have the gift of the gab. I had the school record at Haberdashers for consecutive detentions for simply speaking out of turn.
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John Tyndall
Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence is composed of the same particles.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSECUTIVE»

Discover the use of consecutive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to consecutive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reliabilities of Consecutive-k Systems
This is the first book to put together all the material on the subject. However, it is not just a collection of results.
G. Chang, Lirong Cui, F.K. Hwang, 2000
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On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters: The Writings of ...
The collected writings of artist and filmmaker Hollis Frampton, including all the essays from the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion along with rare additional material.
Hollis Frampton, Bruce Jenkins, 2009
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1000 Consecutive Days of Fasting
Is fasting 1000 consecutive days possible?
Vernard Johnson, 2010
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Catalan's conjecture: are 8 and 9 the only consecutive powers?
The problem of consecutive powers is more easily grasped than Fermats last theorem, so recently vanquished. In this book, Paulo Ribenboim brings together for the first time the diverse approaches to proving Catalans conjecture.
Paulo Ribenboim, 1994
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Topics in Signed Language Interpreting: Theory and Practice
Introduction Studies in the field of interpretation and translation have offered various models with which to explore the nature of the interpreting process, whether using simultaneous or consecutive interpreting. This chapter examines both ...
Terry Janzen, 2005
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The Interpreter's Resource
In consecutive interpreting the interpreter listens to a speech while taking notes. When the speaker has finished, the interpreter stands up and delivers the speech in his or her native language. The speech could be as long as fifteen minutes ...
Mary Phelan, 2001
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23 Ways to Get to First Base: The ESPN Uncyclopedia
9), total rebounds (23,924), seasons leading in rebounding (11), 50-point games (118), 40- point games (271), 1,000-rebound seasons (13), consecutive 50-point games (7), consecutive 40-point games (14), consecutive games 30-plus points ...
Gary Belsky, Neil Fine, 2007
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Translation and Interpreting: Bridging East and West : ...
It centres around the questions: Is translation a science or an art? Can translation be taught? The same questions will provoke heated discussion amongst interpreters. I believe that interpretation, particularly consecutive interpretation, is an art.
Richard K. Seymour, Ching-chih Liu, University of Hawaii at Manoa. College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature, 1994
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Medical Filing
They include consecutive numeric, terminal-digit, and middle-digit. The terminal- digit and middle-digit systems are nonconsecutive systems. This means that, for filing purposes, numbers are not read in their usual consecutive sequence from ...
Terese Claeys, 1996
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The Consecutive Prayer Book, Containing the Morning and ...
PREFACE. THE following selection from the Book of Common Prayer is presented to the Public in consequence of a. letter that appeared in the “Record" of January Illh, 1862. from the pen of an influential Clergyman of the Church of England, ...
‎1862

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSECUTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term consecutive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Samsung profit falls for seventh consecutive quarter
Fears that sales of its flagship Galaxy S6 smartphone have missed expectations were reinforced as Samsung Electronics posted a seventh ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Wieters to catch on consecutive days for first time
For the first time since his Tommy John surgery, Matt Wieters will catch on consecutive days. Wieters, who caught Monday's game is in the ... «Comcast SportsNet Baltimore, Jul 15»
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Economy in brief: BI reserves fall for fourth consecutive
The central bank's foreign exchange (forex) reserves hit their lowest level this year as the rupiah faced heightening pressure last month. «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
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NoleSports' Countdown to FSU Fall Camp: 29 consecutive wins, 29 …
Before falling in the College Football Playoff to Oregon to end last season, the Seminoles won 29 consecutive games under head coach Jimbo ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
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Blue Jays fly past Royals for 2nd consecutive night
Bluefield Blue Jays' Juan Tejada raps out a hit in action Tuesday night against Burlington at Bowen Field. Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 11:03 ... «Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Seven insane facts about Novak Djokovic's historic streak of 25 …
Roger Federer is the all-time leader in consecutive QFs with 36 ... The pair are also tied for most consecutive matches won at a major with 27 ... «For The Win, Jul 15»
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US Equities See Outflows for the 15th Consecutive Week
In the week ending July 3, global equities saw total outflows of $2.4 billion. US equities (SPY) witnessed net investment outflows for the 15th ... «Market Realist, Jul 15»
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Taiwan's exports decline in June for fifth consecutive month
Taiwan's exports contracted 13.9% in June year-on-year, the fifth consecutive month in which they registered a drop, according to customs ... «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»
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Enterprise Declares Distribution; 44th Consecutive Quarterly …
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) announced today that the board of directors of its general ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
10
Sandlin wins 3rd consecutive Courier 10K
The event, Sandlin's third straight win, was his second consecutive over Ballard. The two had waged a tight duel in 2014 before Sandlin ... «Madison Courier, Jul 15»

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