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con·sec·u·tive

consecutive

 
 
pronunciation:
kn sek y tihv
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part of speech: adjective
definition: following one after another without a break.
It rained for eight consecutive days.
antonyms:
alternate
similar words:
chronological, successive
derivations: consecutively (adv.), consecutiveness (n.)
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The word consecutive contains the following part:
sequi, secut, seque Latin root that means to follow