consecutive Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite one after the other
back-to-back.
- back-to-back home runs
adjective satellite in regular succession without gaps
serial; sequential; sequent; successive.
- serial concerts
adjective satellite successive (without a break)
straight.
- sick for five straight days
adverb in a consecutive manner
sequentially.
- we numbered the papers consecutively

Cf. F. consécutif. See Consequent.

Following in a train; suceeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.
Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
The actions of a man consecutive to volition. Locke.
(Mus.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden.