successive (səkˈsɛsɪv
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Definitions
adjective
- following another without interruption
- of or involving succession ⇒
a successive process
Alternative Forms
sucˈcessively adverb sucˈcessiveness nounSynonyms
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- British English:
successive
Successive means happening or existing one after another without a break.He was the winner for a second successive year.səkˈsɛsɪv ADJECTIVE He was the winner for a second successive year.
- Spanish:
consecutivo
adj consecutiva
- French:
successif
adj
- German:
aufeinanderfolgend
adj
- Chinese: 接连的 adj
- Arabic: مُتَعاقِب adj
- Portuguese: sucessivo adj sucessiva
- Russian: последующий adj последующая
- Croatian: uzastopan adj uzastopna
- Czech: následný adj
- Danish: successiv adj
- Dutch: opeenvolgend adj
- Finnish: peräkkäinen adj
- Greek: διαδοχικός adj διαδοχική
- Italian: successivo adj successiva
- Japanese: 連続する no_posp
- Korean: 연속하는 adj
- Norwegian: påfølgende adj
- Polish: kolejny adj kolejna
- Brazilian Portuguese: sucessivo adj sucessiva
- European Spanish:
consecutivo
adj consecutiva
- Swedish: successiv adj successivt
- Thai: อย่างต่อเนื่องกัน adj
- Turkish: ardıl adj
- Vietnamese: liên tục adj
Usage examples
The experiment would show if successive generations of the last wild Spix could be reared in the hybrid couple's nest.
, SPIX'S MACAW: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (2002)Wiseman uses specialised fluorescent probes to monitor accumulation of these gene replicas at each successive cycle of PCR.
New Scientist (1999)This will be the fourth successive year in which the teams have met.
Irish Times (2002)His two gold medals, a silver, and two bronze, over successive championships, could even be extended.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Backed by the powerful Argyll interests the creditors pressed successive governments into reluctant action.
, THE FOUR NATIONS: A History of the United Kingdom (2002)