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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: consecutif, from Latin consequi; CONSEQUENT

consecutive

 adjective
     
con‧sec‧u‧tive
consecutive numbers or periods of time follow one after the other without any interruptions:
It had rained for four consecutive days.
Can they win the title for the third consecutive season?
—consecutively adverb:
Number the pages consecutively.
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