consecutiveadj/kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/

• 1

  Following, in succession, without interruption.

  • He follows Frédi Kanouté, who achieved the feat in 2006 and 2007 for Sevilla, in scoring in consecutive Uefa Cup/Europa League finals.
  • It was his 41st goal for England, making him the country's fifth highest international goalscorer and continued an incredible record of scoring in 15 consecutive World Cup and Euro qualifiers.
• 2

  Having some logical sequence.

consecutivenoun/kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/

• 1

  entertainmentlifestylemusicA sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.

  • The theory suggests, but does not state explicitly, that the prohibition of consecutives is the stricter the nearer the interval in question lies to the fundamental component of a blend.
  • In the case of discords, the fixed progression of the dissonant interval serves, to a large extent, as a guide to the progression of the remaining intervals of the harmony; in the case of concords this guidance is lacking, and it must be remembered that, in every progression of two parts, by similar motion, to a perfect concord (Fifth or Octave), there are bound to be hidden, if not apparent, consecutives.
• 2

  human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.

  • What marks the consecutive is its special morphology and syntax indicating the temporal succession of actions.
  • Unfortunately, we have not had the opportunity to study examples of consecutives in other languages. We hypothesize that consecutives may be found in other languages, especially in those langages that have a complicated system of Aktionsarten.
• 3

  Consecutive interpretation.

  • Having an audience would have allowed a more natural setting for the consecutive. The choice of individual sessions was dictated by the following considerations: (i) given that the recordings were made on an itinerant basis (sometimes at subjects' homes), it would have proved practically impossible to arrange an audience for every session; (ii) recruiting an audience for the consecutives recorded at university would have limited the pool of potential subjects without prior knowledge of the speeches; (iii) it would have been inconsistent to record some interpretations before an audience and others in individual sessions.