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successive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial |
| Derivation | succeed, successiveness |
Examples of successive
successive
He enters his fourth successive final on a 13-match winning streak at Wimbledon.
From the thenewstribune.com
He says that rains have failed for three successive rainy seasons in the region.
From the newscientist.com
BlackBerry users are suffering their third successive day of service disruption.
From the guardian.co.uk
He capped an excellent display with a goal, his second in successive qualifiers.
From the independent.co.uk
Mr. Cores and Mr. Kolow teamed up with successive business developers from 1989.
From the post-gazette.com
Since he was an eighth-grader, he has known each successive swimmer of the year.
From the delawareonline.com
They no longer practice polygamy, but successive generations have remained here.
From the sacbee.com
Our game against them is a sell-out, the 11th successive sell-out at our ground.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Retired in July 1998 after successive defeats to Joe Calzaghe and Carl Thompson.
From the independent.co.uk
- Consecutive: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"
- (successively) in proper order or sequence; "talked to each child in turn"; "the stable became in turn a chapel and then a movie theater"
- (successiveness) sequence: a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
- Coming one after the other in a series; Of, or relating to a succession
- (successively) In a serial or successive manner; one following another
- Happening in a continual series, such as flowers opening one or few at a time along an inflorescence.
