successive English · revision 15443

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1432–50|origins=la cēdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /səkˈsɛsɪv/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|successif]], [[bor|fro|successif]] and directly [[la-med|successīvus]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|successus]], the past participle of [[m|la|succēdō|t=to come after, follow]] (see [[succeed]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Coming one after another in time or order: 1432–50 in the OED, the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Descending by succession or inheritance is an obsolete sense of the same date,^(OED 1989) and of persons, succeeding by inheritance, from 1592.^(OED 1989) Continuous or uninterrupted is from 1586, and successful from 1582, both obsolete.^(OED 1989) Characterized by succession, produced in stages, is from 1685.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1432–50 – following in order; inherited.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1582 – successful (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1595 – next in succession.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1685 – produced in succession.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Following one after another without interruption; [[consecutive]]: ''for the third successive year''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Relating to or involving [[succession]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[successively]]

+ * [[successiveness]]

+ * [[unsuccessive]]

+ * [[nonsuccessive]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[succeed]]

+ * [[success]]

+ * [[succession]]

+ * [[successor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}