/
kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/
adj.
- following continuously.
▸in sequence.
- Grammar expressing consequence or result.
- Music denoting intervals of the same kind occurring in succession between two parts or voices.
Derivative
- consecutively adv.
- consecutiveness n.
Etymology
C17: from Fr. consécutif, -ive, from med. L. consecutivus, from L. consecut-, consequi ‘follow closely’.
