consecutive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·secu·tive BrE [kənˈsekjətɪv] NAmE [kənˈsekjətɪv] 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.
•After six consecutive defeats, the team was almost ready to give up.
Derived Word: ↑consecutively

Word Origin:
[consecutive consecutively] early 17th cent.: from French consécutif, -ive, from medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consecut- ‘followed closely’, from the verb consequi.

Example Bank:
•Interest rates rose again for the fifth consecutive month.
•They achieved their third consecutive year of record sales.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  straight, sequent, sequential, serial, successive, back-to-back, sequentially