Meanings
- Successively, one after the other, in succession; together.
After making losses four years in a row, the manager knew she had to sack someone.
3 more examples
I dreamt of my dead husband, who asked me for a cozonac, adding, 'It's important that you prepare it yourself.' I had this dream three nights in a row until I finally baked it.
2010, someone quoted in W. Gordon Lawrence's The Creativity of Social Dreaming, page 88If you choose to drink again the best way to avoid another instance of withdrawal is to avoid drinking two days in a row.
2010, Kenneth Anderson, How to Change Your Drinking: a Harm Reduction Guide to Alcohol, page 59Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel.
2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC SportSynonyms: together, on the trot, on the spin, on the bounce
- Placed in a straight line.
Bottles of every type of alcohol they had were lined up in a row behind the bar.
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseSuccessively, one after the other, in succession; together.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἐφεξῆς, στοιχηδόν
- ἐφεξῆς (ephexês)successively
- στοιχηδόν (stoikhēdón)in a straight line
Catalan en fila
- en filain a straight line
Chinese Mandarin 一連 /一连
- 一連 /一连 (yīlián)successively
Danish i træk, på rad
- i træksuccessively
- på radsuccessively
Finnish peräkkäin, perätysten
- peräkkäinsuccessively
- perätystensuccessively
- peräkanaasuccessively
- rivissäin a straight line
- riviinin a straight line
French d'affilée, à la file
- d'affiléesuccessively
- à la filesuccessively
German in Folge, hintereinander
- in Folgesuccessively
- hintereinandersuccessively
Hebrew בשורה
- בשורה (beshura)in a straight line
Hungarian zsinórban
- zsinórbansuccessively
Irish as a chéile
- as a chéilesuccessively
Italian di fila
- di filasuccessively
Māori matatira
- matatirain a straight line
Norwegian Bokmål på rad
- på radsuccessively
Polish z rzędu, pod rząd
- z rzędusuccessively
- pod rządsuccessively
- w rzędziein a straight line
Portuguese seguido, em sequência
- seguidosuccessively
- em sequênciasuccessively
- sucessivamentesuccessively
- consecutivamentesuccessively
- um atrás do outrosuccessively
- em filain a straight line
- em linhain a straight line
Romanian la rând
- la rândsuccessively
Russian подря́д
- подря́д (podrjád)successively
Scottish Gaelic sreath chèile, an sreath a chèile
- sreath chèilesuccessively
- an sreath a chèilesuccessively
Spanish seguidos, seguidamente
- seguidossuccessively
- seguidamentesuccessively
- arreosuccessively
- uno detrás de/del otrosuccessively
- en fila/línea (una)in a straight line
Swedish i sträck
- i sträcksuccessively
Turkish art arda, peş peşe
- art ardasuccessively
- peş peşesuccessively
- arka arkayasuccessively
- birbiri ardınasuccessively
Welsh yn olynol
- yn olynolsuccessively
Cite this entry
in a row. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20a%20row
“in a row.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20a%20row. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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