consecutive — English Dictionary

consecutive
Pronunciations (2)
  • /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/
    Pronunciation notes
    • General-American
    • Received-Pronunciation
  • kɒnsɛkjʊtɪv

Adjective

  1. Following, in succession, without interruption.

    Usage
    • not-comparable
    Examples

    He follows Frédi Kanouté, who achieved the feat in 2006 and 2007 for Sevilla, in scoring in consecutive Uefa Cup/Europa League finals.

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    It was his 41st goal for England, making him the country's fifth highest international goalscorer and continued an incredible record of scoring in 15 consecutive World Cup and Euro qualifiers.

  2. Having some logical sequence.

    Usage
    • not-comparable

Noun

  1. A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.

    Usage
    • Countable
    Examples
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    The theory suggests, but does not state explicitly, that the prohibition of consecutives is the stricter the nearer the interval in question lies to the fundamental component of a blend.

    In the case of discords, the fixed progression of the dissonant interval serves, to a large extent, as a guide to the progression of the remaining intervals of the harmony; in the case of concords this guidance is lacking, and it must be remembered that, in every progression of two parts, by similar motion, to a perfect concord (Fifth or Octave), there are bound to be hidden, if not apparent, consecutives.

    Before adding the inner parts, check that there are no consecutives between S and B – don't forget that these can occur between the last printed notes of the phrase and your added parts, as well as within your own working. Here the risk of consecutives has been minimised by using mainly contrary motion in the bass.

  2. A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.

    Usage
    • Countable
    Examples

    What marks the consecutive is its special morphology and syntax indicating the temporal succession of actions.

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    Unfortunately, we have not had the opportunity to study examples of consecutives in other languages. We hypothesize that consecutives may be found in other languages, especially in those langages that have a complicated system of Aktionsarten.

    Most commentators recognize that the two waw consecutives in Genesis 2:15 resume the narrative thread of verse 8.

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    In imperfect consecutives, stress shifts from the final to the penultimate syllable, as in wayyáaqom 'and he arose', from the related jussive yaaqóom 'let him arise' (the final vowel is underlyingly short); this shift is blocked, however, if the penultimate syllable does not contain a long vowel, as shown by wayyabdéel 'and he divided'.

  3. Consecutive interpretation.

    Usage
    • Countable
    • Uncountable
    Examples
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    Having an audience would have allowed a more natural setting for the consecutive. The choice of individual sessions was dictated by the following considerations: (i) given that the recordings were made on an itinerant basis (sometimes at subjects' homes), it would have proved practically impossible to arrange an audience for every session; (ii) recruiting an audience for the consecutives recorded at university would have limited the pool of potential subjects without prior knowledge of the speeches; (iii) it would have been inconsistent to record some interpretations before an audience and others in individual sessions.

Adjective

  1. one after the other

    Synonyms
    Examples

    back-to-back home runs

  2. in regular succession without gaps

    Examples

    serial concerts

  3. successive (without a break)

    Synonyms
    Examples

    sick for five straight days

Adverb

  1. in a sequential manner

    Synonyms
    Examples

    we numbered the papers consecutively

Word forms
consecutives

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