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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
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 problem → sucesivos gobiernos no han logrado resolver el problema on four/five successive nights → cuatro/cinco noches seguidas or consecutivas for the third/fourth successive time → por tercera/cuarta vez consecutiva the percentage of female students increased with each successive year → el porcentaje de estudiantes del sexo femenino aumentaba año tras año successive [səkˈsɛsɪv] adj → successif/ive on three successive days → trois jours de suite, trois jours consécutifs on four successive occasions → quatre fois de suite successive adj → aufeinanderfolgend attr; four successive days → vier Tage nacheinander or hintereinander, vier aufeinanderfolgende Tage; on four successive days → an vier aufeinanderfolgenden Tagen; for the third successive time → zum dritten Mal hintereinander; he was sacked from three successive jobs → er 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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