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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·sec·u·tive DATE 1611 : following one after the other in order : successive served four consecutive terms in office • con·sec·u·tive·ly adverb • con·sec·u·tive·ness noun English Etymology consecutive 1610s, from Fr. consécutif (fem. consécutive), from M.Fr ., from M.L. consecutivus, from L. consecutus "following closely," pp. of consequi (see consequence).http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 consecutive con·secu·tive / kEn5sekjEtiv / adjective[usually before noun] following one after another in a series, without interruption 连续不断的: She was absent for nine consecutive days. 她一连缺席了九天。 He is beginning his fourth consecutive term of office. 他开始了第四届任期。 • con·secu·tive·ly adv. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective following one after another in orderly fashion FF1C;it rained for five consecutive daysFF1E; Synonyms: sequent, sequential, serial, subsequent, subsequential, succedent, succeeding, successional, successive; compare NEXT Related Words: after, ensuing, following, later; enlarging, increasing, progressive Contrasted Words: antecedent, preceding, prior Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: consecutive intervals con·sec·u·tive \kənˈsek(y)əd.iv, -ətiv, -əv\ adjective Etymology: French consécutif, from Latin consecutus + French -if -ive 1. a. : following especially in a series : one right after the other often with small intervening intervals : successive , sequent < four consecutive terms in office > < the coastal battery scored several consecutive hits > b. : having no interval or break : continuous < the most important cause … has run throughout post-Conquest history like a consecutive thread — G.G.Coulton > < a consecutive conversation > 2. : proceeding by successive interrelated stages of thought :marked by logical sequence < consecutive premises > < a consecutive thinker > 3. a. : expressing result < a consecutive conjunction > — often used of a clause (as that he ran away in “he was so frightened that he ran away”) b. Semitic grammar : characterized by attachment to an imperfect verb form of a sense that otherwise would belong to the perfect or to a perfect verb form of a sense that otherwise would belong to the imperfect — used of the conjunction meaning “and” that is prefixed to such a verb form or of the verb itself • con·sec·u·tive·ly adverb • con·sec·u·tive·ness noun -es |
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