successive
/səkˈsɛsɪv/ adjective
- adjective Coming one after the other in a series. “They had won the title for five successive years.”
- adjective Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary. “a successive title”
- adjective (grammar) 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.
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Etymology
From Latin succedere (“to succeed in”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer.
- adjective Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire. [Obs.] Shak. Successive induction. (Math.) See Induction, 5.
Etymology [Cf. F. successif. See Succeed.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “successive”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details