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successive
[ suhk-ses-iv ]
adjective
- following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive:
three successive days.
- following another in a regular sequence:
the second successive day.
- characterized by or involving succession.
successive
/ səkˈsɛsɪv /
adjective
- following another without interruption
- of or involving succession
a successive process
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Derived Forms
- sucˈcessiveness, noun
- sucˈcessively, adverb
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Other Words From
- suc·ces·sive·ly adverb
- suc·ces·sive·ness noun
- non·suc·ces·sive adjective
- non·suc·ces·sive·ness noun
- un·suc·ces·sive adjective
- un·suc·ces·sive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of successive1
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Example Sentences
With each successive layer of networks, the U.S. became more potent.
After the three others were killed in successive Israeli operations in the mid-1990s, Zeif took command.
Laypeople tend to regard two successive quarters of negative growth as a recession.
The West has seen what Putin has done with Russia during his successive terms in office.
Perhaps hotels will offer package deals through which visitors can visit all the talk-shows on three successive nights.
Deppe believes that one must go through successive steps of preparation before one is fitted to attack the great concert works.
Marked variation in the amount at successive examinations strongly suggests a neurosis.
Successive examinations may show normal, increased, or diminished hydrochloric acid, or even entire absence of the free acid.
On lifting the fingers in successive order from the bottom end, we get the seven notes of the major scale.
In successive letters he reiterates the caution to beware of surprise and treason, and his anxiety for constant news.
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