successive
Coming one after the other in a series.
Example
“They had won the title for five successive years.”
Other meanings
Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
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.
Synonyms
- consecutive
- serial
Related words
- successiveness
- successivity
- unsuccessive
- successively
- nonsuccessive
Word history
From Latin "succedere" (to succeed in).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “successive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.