successive B2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /səkˈsɛsɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #33438 Meanings 1 adj Coming one after another in a series. They won the title for five successive years. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · coming one after another in... consecutive Word family Forms successiveness Derived forms nonsuccessivesuccessively Related forms succeedsuccesssuccession Etymology AI details From Latin succedere (“to succeed in”). succedere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # successive **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /səkˈsɛsɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 33438 ## Meanings 1. Coming one after another in a series. ## Examples - They won the title for five successive years. ## Derived Forms - nonsuccessive - successively ## Related Forms - succeed - success - succession ## Roots and Affixes - Root: succedere ## Etymology From Latin succedere (“to succeed in”). ## AI Etymology Successive is from Latin succedere (“to succeed in”). In present-day use, it means coming one after another in a series. Derived formations include nonsuccessive, successively. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown