/ kənˈsekjətɪv; NAmE / adjective
[ usually before noun ] following one after another in a series, without interruption :
She was absent for nine consecutive days.
He is beginning his fourth consecutive term of office.
► con·secu·tive·ly adverb
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from French consécutif , -ive , from medieval Latin consecutivus , from Latin consecut- followed closely, from the verb consequi .