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Definition of successive adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

successive

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//səkˈsɛsɪv//
 
[only before noun]
 
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following immediately one after the other synonym consecutive This was their fourth successive win. Successive governments have tried to tackle the problem. There has been low rainfall for two successive years.
 
adverb This concept has been applied successively to painting, architecture, and sculpture.
See successive in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary