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suc·ces·sive  (sk-ssv)
adj.
1. Following in uninterrupted order; consecutive: on three successive days.
2. Of, characterized by, or involving succession: the government successive to the fallen monarchy.

suc·cessive·ly adv.
suc·cessive·ness n.

successive [səkˈsɛsɪv]
adj
1. following another without interruption
2. of or involving succession a successive process
successively  adv
successiveness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.successive - in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"
ordered - having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule; "an ordered sequence"

successive
adjective consecutive, following, succeeding, in a row, in succession, sequent He was the winner for the second successive year.
Translations
successive [səkˈsesɪv] ADJ [governments, generations, owners] → sucesivo; [nights, days] → seguido, consecutivo
successive governments have failed to resolve the problemsucesivos gobiernos no han logrado resolver el problema
on four/five successive nightscuatro/cinco noches seguidas or consecutivas
for the third/fourth successive timepor tercera/cuarta vez consecutiva
the percentage of female students increased with each successive yearel porcentaje de estudiantes del sexo femenino aumentaba año tras año

successive [səkˈsɛsɪv] adjsuccessif/ive
on three successive days → trois jours de suite, trois jours consécutifs
on four successive occasions → quatre fois de suite

successive
adjaufeinanderfolgend attr; four successive daysvier Tage nacheinander or hintereinander, vier aufeinanderfolgende Tage; on four successive daysan vier aufeinanderfolgenden Tagen; for the third successive timezum dritten Mal hintereinander; he was sacked from three successive jobser wurde nacheinander or hintereinander aus drei verschiedenen Stellen hinausgeworfen

successive [səkˈsɛsɪv] adj (days, months) → consecutivo/a; (generations) → successivo/a
on three successive days → per tre giorni consecutivi or di seguito
each successive failure → ogni nuovo insuccesso
successive [səkˈsɛsɪv] adj (days, months) → consecutivo/a; (generations) → successivo/a
on three successive days → per tre giorni consecutivi or di seguito
each successive failure → ogni nuovo insuccesso

successive مُتَعاَقِب následný successiv aufeinanderfolgend διαδοχικός consecutivo peräkkäinen successif uzastopan successivo 連続する 연속하는 opeenvolgend påfølgende kolejny sucessivo последующий successiv อย่างต่อเนื่องกัน ardıl liên tục 继承的


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" To define that series of "momentary things" that constitute the successive states of one thing is a problem involving the laws of dynamics.
Thus, the story here presented will be told by more than one pen, as the story of an offence against the laws is told in Court by more than one witness--with the same object, in both cases, to present the truth always in its most direct and most intelligible aspect; and to trace the course of one complete series of events, by making the persons who have been most closely connected with them, at each successive stage, relate their own experience, word for word.
The successive changes through which Tragedy passed, and the authors of these changes, are well known, whereas Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously.
 
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