successive

[ suh k-ses-iv ]
/ səkˈsɛs ɪv /

adjective

following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
following another in a regular sequence: the second successive day.
characterized by or involving succession.

Origin of successive

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin successīvus, equivalent to success(us), past participle of succēdere to succeed + -īvus -ive

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British Dictionary definitions for successive

successive
/ (səkˈsɛsɪv) /

adjective

following another without interruption
of or involving succession a successive process

Derived forms of successive

successively, adverb successiveness, noun