Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Consecutive has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
"The organist played a series of consecutive fifths to create a shimmering harmonic effect throughout the piece."
In plain English: Consecutive is not actually used as a noun, so it has no meaning when treated that way; instead, it describes things happening one right after another without any breaks.
"The two consecutive games were played without any breaks in between."
in regular succession without gaps
"serial concerts"
following, in succession, without interruption
"The team won three consecutive games before finally losing on Friday night."
In plain English: Consecutive means happening one after another without any breaks in between.
"We won three consecutive games in a row during that season."
Usage: Use consecutive to describe events happening one after another with no breaks between them. This word is often confused with successive, but they are interchangeable when referring to an unbroken chain of occurrences.
The word "consecutive" comes from the Old French conseutif and earlier Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, which were derived from the Latin verb cōnsequor. Originally meaning "to follow up" or "to pursue," this root eventually traveled into English to describe things that occur one after another in an unbroken sequence.