successive

Etymology

Latin succedere (“to succeed in”)

adj

  1. Coming one after the other in a series.
    They had won the title for five successive years.
    Mancini's men were far from their best but dug in to earn a 10th win in 11 league games and an eighth successive victory in all competitions to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the table. November 5, 2011, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport
  2. Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
    a successive title; a successive empire
  3. (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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