[kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- following each other continuously
(e.g: five consecutive months of serious decline)

- expressing consequence or result
(e.g: a consecutive clause)

- denoting intervals of the same kind (especially fifths or octaves) occurring in succession between two parts or voices


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Origin:
early 17th century: from French consécutif, -ive, from medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consecut- ‘followed closely’, from the verb consequi