The observatory recorded three consecutive nights of clear skies, allowing astronomers to capture detailed images of the nebula.
天文台连续三个夜晚记录到晴朗天空，使天文学家得以捕捉星云的详细图像。
While workplace productivity is often assumed to decline sharply after a certain number of consecutive work hours, several studies have found that the specific type of task being performed—routine versus creative—predicts the timing of that decline far more strongly than total hours worked alone.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
- Ratios between consecutive Fibonacci numbers approach a specific irrational value known as the golden ratio.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “consecutive”?
C — Following one after another. “consecutive” means following one after another.
Which word means “following one after another”?
D — consecutive. “consecutive” means following one after another.
consecutive — following one after another. In Chinese: 连续的，连贯的.
consecutive is pronounced /kənˈsekjətɪv/.
The observatory recorded three consecutive nights of clear skies, allowing astronomers to capture detailed images of the nebula. (天文台连续三个夜晚记录到晴朗天空，使天文学家得以捕捉星云的详细图像。)
successive, sequential, continuous — all close in meaning to consecutive (following one after another).
intermittent, broken — each the opposite of consecutive (following one after another).
Yes. consecutive is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
con(together)+secut(follow)+ive