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# consecutive

«consecutive» in Mova's school dictionary: **following one after another in order, without a gap** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (consecutive)

### meaning for a pupil

Consecutive means following one after another in order, without a gap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutive/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, consecutive numbers come one after another: 4, 5, 6. Consecutive even numbers go up by 2: 6, 8, 10. A classic puzzle: «three consecutive numbers add to 24» — they are 7, 8, 9. In everyday life and sport, a team wins «three consecutive games» in a row. Phrases: consecutive numbers, consecutive days, consecutive wins, for the third consecutive time.

### examples

- 5, 6 and 7 are consecutive numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutive/#x1)
- It rained for five consecutive days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutive/#x2)
- Our team won four consecutive matches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutive/#x3)
- Three consecutive numbers add up to 15: they are 4, 5 and 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutive/#x4)
- 10, 12 and 14 are consecutive even numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutive/#x5)
- She came first for the third consecutive time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutive/#x6)
- Two consecutive numbers always have one odd and one even. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutive/#x7)

### note

Adjective. Consecutive whole numbers differ by 1; consecutive even or odd numbers differ by 2. For three consecutive numbers, the middle one is the total ÷ 3. «Successive» means nearly the same.

### Trees and pragmatics

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