successive

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Positive successive

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. Successive things follow in order, one after another. <> bibiya daya bayan daya, tafiya ɗai-ɗai. A jere. (figuratively) goma da goma.
   1. He made 3 successive tries. <> Ya gwada sau uku a jere.
   2. He had successive losses. <> Hasara ta zo masa goma da goma. [1]
   3. Successive governments have refused to make the changes.
   4. Edward Kawak won in four successive years (1982-1985).
   5. Cancers were developing at younger and younger ages with each successive generation in each family.

Synonyms

• consecutive
• following
• subsequent
• later

Related words

• succeed
• successively