1. sequential, following one after another. consecutive\con*sec"u*tive\ , a. [cf. f. consécutif. see:
consequent.].
2. following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.
3. following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding. the actions of a man consecutive to volition.
4. (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.consecutive chords (mus.), chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption.consecutive adj.
5. one after the other; "back-to-back home runs" [syn: back-to-back].
6. in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn: sequent, sequential, serial, successive].
7. successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [syn: straight] in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively" [syn: sequentially].
8. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.
9. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
10. 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. in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively".
11. Consecutive periods of time or events happen one after the other without interruption. The Cup was won for the third consecutive year by the Toronto Maple Leafs = successive + consecutively con·secu·tive·ly a CD player which plays six CDs consecutively. consecutive numbers or periods of time follow one after the other without any interruptions (consecutif, from consequi; CONSEQUENT).