Meanings
- not comparableComing one after the other in a series.
They had won the title for five successive years.
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A compound of eggs boiled with myrrh, pepper, and cinnamon, taken on several successive days, is recommended by Arabs for strengthening amorous vigor.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162Mancini's men were far from their best but dug in to earn a 10th win in 11 league games and an eighth successive victory in all competitions to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the table.
2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport - not comparableOf, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
a successive title
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a successive empire
- not comparablegrammarOf or relating to the grammatical aspect which presupposes the completion of a secondary action as a premise for the primary action of the statement.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivein regular succession without gaps
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsuccedere“to succeed in”
- Englishsuccessive
From Latin succedere (“to succeed in”).
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Arabic مُتَتَابِع, مُتَتَالٍ
- مُتَتَابِع (mutatābiʕ)in a series
- مُتَتَالٍ (mutatālin)in a series
- مُتَوَالٍ (mutawālin)in a series
- مُتَعَاقِب (mutaʕāqib)in a series
Bulgarian следващ
- следващ (sledvašt)in a series
Catalan successiu
- successiuin a series
Finnish peräkkäinen, perättäinen
- peräkkäinenin a series
- perättäinenin a series
French successif
- successifin a series
German aufeinanderfolgende, aufeinander folgend
- aufeinanderfolgendein a series
- aufeinander folgendin a series
Greek αλλεπάλληλος
- αλλεπάλληλος (allepállilos)in a series
Hindi क्रमिक
- क्रमिक (kramik)in a series
Indonesian suksesif
- suksesifin a series
Latin alternus
- alternusin a series
Māori whakaekeeke
- whakaekeekein a series
Norwegian Bokmål suksessiv
- suksessivin a series
Polish następny, kolejny
- następnyin a series
- kolejnyin a series
- sukcesywnyin a series
Russian после́дующий, сле́дующий
- после́дующий (poslédujuščij)in a series
- сле́дующий (slédujuščij)in a series
Spanish sucesivo
- sucesivoin a series
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with successive
Cite this entry
successive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successive
“successive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “successive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successive.
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