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English
Etymology
Latin succedere (“to succeed in”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səkˈsɛsɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
- Hyphenation: suc‧ces‧sive
Adjective
successive (not comparable)
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- Coming one after the other in a series.
- They had won the title for five successive years.
2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport: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.
- Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
- a successive title; a successive empire
- (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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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
successive
- feminine singular of successif
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sut.t͡ʃesˈsi.ve/
- Rhymes: -ive
- Hyphenation: suc‧ces‧sì‧ve
Adjective
successive
- feminine plural of successivo
Latin
Adjective
successīve
- vocative masculine singular of successīvus
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Swedish
Adjective
successive
- definite natural masculine singular of successiv