After three successive harvests of poor yield, the farmers adopted new irrigation techniques to improve the soil.
在连续三次收成不佳后，农民采用了新的灌溉技术来改善土壤。
A commentator asserts that the phone's price fell with every successive release.
From a Command of Evidence: Quantitative question · Information and Ideas
Which choice best defines “successive”?
B — Following one after another. “successive” means following one after another.
Which word means “following one after another”?
B — successive. “successive” means following one after another.
successive — following one after another. In Chinese: 连续的.
successive is pronounced /səkˈsɛsɪv/.
After three successive harvests of poor yield, the farmers adopted new irrigation techniques to improve the soil. (在连续三次收成不佳后，农民采用了新的灌溉技术来改善土壤。)
consecutive, sequential, following — all close in meaning to successive (following one after another).
intermittent, discontinuous — each the opposite of successive (following one after another).
Yes. successive is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. 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.