consecutive
/kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Following, in succession, without interruption.
noun
A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
Countable
noun
A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "He follows Frédi Kanouté, who achieved the feat in 2006 and 2007 for Sevilla, in scoring in consecutive Uefa Cup/Europa League finals."
- "It was his 41st goal for England, making him the country's fifth highest international goalscorer and continued an incredible record of scoring in 15 consecutive World Cup and Euro qualifiers."
- "The theory suggests, but does not state explicitly, that the prohibition of consecutives is the stricter the nearer the interval in question lies to the fundamental component of a blend."
- "In the case of discords, the fixed progression of the dissonant interval serves, to a large extent, as a guide to the progression of the remaining intervals of the harmony; in the case of concords this guidance is lacking, and it must be remembered that, in every progression of two parts, by similar motion, to a perfect concord (Fifth or Octave), there are bound to be hidden, if not apparent, consecutives."
- "Before adding the inner parts, check that there are no consecutives between S and B – don't forget that these can occur between the last printed notes of the phrase and your added parts, as well as within your own working. Here the risk of consecutives has been minimised by using mainly contrary motion in the bass."
- "What marks the consecutive is its special morphology and syntax indicating the temporal succession of actions."
Etymology
From French consécutif, from Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, from Latin cōnsecūtus (“followed up”), from Latin cōnsequor (“to travel”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: consécutif, cōnsecūtīvus, cōnsecūtus, cōnsequor
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/
- British English: /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/