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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
after, attendant, cadet, catenary, connected, consistent, continuous, enlarging, ensuing, following, increasing, joined, junior, later, lineal, linear, orderly, ordinal, posterior, progressive, puisne, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, subsequent, succeeding, successional, successive, tight, trailing, uninterrupted, younger
Dictionary Results for consecutive:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
consecutive
    adv 1: in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers
           consecutively" [syn: consecutive, sequentially]
    adj 1: one after the other; "back-to-back home runs" [syn:
           back-to-back, consecutive]
    2: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn:
       consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial,
       successive]
    3: successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"
       [syn: straight, consecutive]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Consecutive \Con*sec"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. cons['e]cutif. See
   Consequent.]
   1. 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.
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   2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or
      logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
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            The actions of a man consecutive to volition.
                                                  --Locke.
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   3. (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.
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   Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind
      succeeding one another without interruption.
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