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   consecutive

   /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. following each other continuously: "five consecutive months of serious decline"
   • ▪ in unbroken or logical sequence: "a consecutive pattern of what the film would be like"
   • 2. expressing consequence or result: "a consecutive clause"
   • 3. denoting intervals of the same kind (especially fifths or octaves) occurring in succession between two parts or voices.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French consécutif, -ive, from medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consecut- ‘followed closely’, from the verb consequi.

   Derivatives

   • 1. consecutiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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