1. following continuously: "five consecutive months of serious decline"
▪ in unbroken or logical sequence.
▪ expressing consequence or result: "a consecutive clause"
▪ denoting intervals of the same kind (especially fifths or octaves) occurring in succession between two parts or voices.
Word Originearly 17th century: from French consécutif, -ive, from medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consecut- ‘followed closely’, from the verb consequi.
