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# successive

«successive» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Coming or happening one after another, in a row, without…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Coming or happening one after another, in a row, without a break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In sport and news: «three successive wins» means three wins in a row. In maths, «successive numbers» are numbers that follow each other, like 4, 5, 6 (also called consecutive numbers). In science: readings on successive days. Phrases: «successive days», «successive years», «successive wins», «for the third successive time».

### examples

- all the triliteral combinations, leaving sufficient space between two successive combinations for the addition of a new letter; then by adding an x at the beginning of each triliteral com- bination, we shall attain 10,648 quadriliterals beginning with an N. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#x1)
- The team won five successive matches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#x2)
- It rained on four successive days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#x3)
- (formal) Successive governments have promised new hospitals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#x4)
- Each successive picture was bigger than the one before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#x5)
- She came first for the second successive time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#x6)
- Find two successive numbers that add up to 15: 7 and 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#x7)
- Successive waves washed over the sandcastle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#x8)
- He is enabled to perform this feat by a magic horse, which he obtains by watching his father's crops on three successive St. John's Nights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/#x9)

### note

Adverb: «successively». Trap: «successive» (one after another) is not «successful» (doing well). In maths, «successive» = «consecutive»: two successive whole numbers differ by 1, so if their sum is S, the smaller is (S − 1) ÷ 2.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «successive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/successive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.