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Antonyms for consecutive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuhn-sek-yuh-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsɛk yə tɪv



Definition of consecutive

Origin :
  • 1610s, from French consécutif (16c.), from Medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consecutus "following closely," past participle of consequi (see consequence). Related: Consecutively.
  • adj in sequence
Example sentences :
  • The story is not consecutive; the adventures not exciting; the landscape not denned.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • He holds office for two years, but can be re-elected for a consecutive term.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • His mental processes are not consecutive, stable, or controlled.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • I don't believe you've said three consecutive words all day long.
  • Extract from : « The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point » by Laura Lee Hope
  • What for three consecutive nights could bring the manager down to the sawmill?
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • I haven't had time to get a consecutive account of what happened: they're all too excited.
  • Extract from : « Coming Home » by Edith Wharton
  • That word "consecutive" in the proof law was an awful stickler.
  • Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
  • This was particularly the case when he continued his watch for some consecutive hours.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
  • She had come here to think, and consecutive thought was impossible.
  • Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It consists of three consecutive lines in the same stanza which rhyme.
  • Extract from : « Negro Folk Rhymes » by Thomas W. Talley

Synonyms for consecutive

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