# consecutive

Pronunciation: US say "kuhn-SEK-yuh-tiv" /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/; UK

## Adjective

1. Following one after another in time, without any interruption in the sequence.
   - Simple: Following one after another without any break in between.
   - _She attended class on four consecutive mornings without missing one._
   - _The store posted record sales for six consecutive quarters._
2. Arranged so that each part follows logically from the part before it.
   - Simple: Ordered so that each step follows the one before in a logical way.
   - _The essay developed its thesis through consecutive arguments, each grounded in the previous one._
   - _Her reasoning proceeded in consecutive stages, building toward a single conclusion._

## Noun

3. A run of notes or chords produced by repeatedly shifting the same interval up or down in pitch.
   - Simple: A group of notes or chords made by repeating the same jump in pitch up or down.
   - _The harmony tutor flagged a consecutive between the soprano and bass lines._
   - _Composers in strict counterpoint were trained to avoid consecutives between voices._
4. A grammatical form that marks or describes an event as following in time from another.
   - Simple: A word form that shows one event happened after another in time.
   - _The narrative chained its events with a consecutive linking each clause to the one before._
   - _A consecutive at the start of the verb shifts the whole sentence into past-time storytelling._
5. A mode of interpreting in which the interpreter speaks after the original speaker pauses, rendering segments of speech into another language.
   - Simple: A way of interpreting where the interpreter waits, then says it in another language.
   - _At the press conference, the interpreter switched from consecutive to simultaneous as the pace picked up._
   - _Consecutive demands a strong memory, since the interpreter must hold whole passages before rendering them._

## Origin

From French consécutif, from Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, from Latin cōnsecūtus ("followed up"), a form of cōnsequor ("to follow after").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/consecutive (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).