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# consecutively

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

### part of speech

adverb (consecutively)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

In maths: consecutive numbers follow each other (4, 5, 6); "numbered consecutively" means in order with none missing. In sport and life: winning three games consecutively. In formal texts it means "in a row". Phrases: numbered consecutively, run consecutively.

### examples

- The pages are numbered consecutively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutively/#x1)
- She won the race three years consecutively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutively/#x2)
- The seats are numbered consecutively from 1 to 30. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutively/#x3)
- It rained on five days consecutively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutively/#x4)
- The tickets were sold consecutively, so the numbers had no gaps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutively/#x5)
- Write the even numbers consecutively from 2 to 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutively/#x6)
- The two films were shown consecutively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutively/#x7)
- He scored in four matches consecutively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecutively/#x8)

### note

Formal; everyday: in a row, one after another. Adjective: consecutive. Maths: three consecutive whole numbers are n, n+1, n+2, and their sum is always 3 times the middle one. Consecutive even numbers go up by 2.

### Trees and pragmatics

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