successive

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin succedere (to succeed in)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /səkˈsɛsɪv/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
  • Hyphenation: suc‧ces‧sive

Adjective[edit]

successive (not comparable)

Examples (grammar)

"Once you've turned left at the traffic lights, [] "

  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”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      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; hereditary.
    a successive title; a successive empire
  3. (grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which presupposes the completion of a secondary action as a premise for the primary action of the statement.

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

successive

  1. feminine singular of successif

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sut.t͡ʃesˈsi.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: suc‧ces‧sì‧ve

Adjective[edit]

successive

  1. feminine plural of successivo

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

successīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of successīvus

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Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

successive

  1. definite natural masculine singular of successiv