{
    "term": "consecutive",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "following one after another in a continuous series",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was absent for nine consecutive days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is beginning his fourth consecutive term of office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After six consecutive defeats, the team was almost ready to give up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Interest rates rose again for the fifth consecutive month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They achieved their third consecutive year of record sales."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsekjətɪv/",
                "audio": "xc/consecutive/xconsecutive__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsekjətɪv/",
                "audio": "xc/consecutive/xconsecutive__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French consécutif, -ive, from medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consecut- ‘followed closely’, from the verb consequi."
}