consecutive

English Online Dictionary. What means consecutive‎? What does consecutive mean?

English

Etymology

From French consécutif, from Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, from Latin cōnsecūtus (“followed up”), from Latin cōnsequor (“to travel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/

Adjective

consecutive (not comparable)

1. following, in succession, without interruption
2. having some logical sequence

Antonyms

• concurrent
• nonconsecutive
• simultaneously

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

consecutive (countable and uncountable, plural consecutives)

1. (music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
2. (linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
3. (uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

consecutive f pl

1. feminine plural of consecutivo