successive

aufeinanderfolgend

Unmittelbar aufeinanderfolgend, ohne Unterbrechung oder etwas anderes dazwischen.

In einfachem Englisch: Following one after another, without a break or a different thing in between.

• It rained for three successive days.
• Successive governments have promised to improve the roads.
• The team suffered five successive defeats.

Synonyme: consecutive, back-to-back

Gegenteile: nonconsecutive

Häufige Wendungen: successive years, successive generations, three successive wins

erblich

Innerhalb einer Familienlinie von einer Person an die nächste weitergegeben.

In einfachem Englisch: Passed from one person to another through a family line.

• The document described the title as successive.
• The family claimed successive rights to the estate.
• That ancient law established a successive claim through the male line.

Synonyme: hereditary, inherited

Häufige Wendungen: a successive title, successive rights, successive inheritance