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consecution

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Noun
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con=se=cu=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

consecutionn. [L. consecutio. See Consequent.].
  •  A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.  Sir M. Hale.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A succession or series of any kind.  Sir I. Newton.  [1913 Webster]
Month of consecution (Astron.), a month as reckoned from one conjunction of the moon with the sun to another.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

consecution, n.
1 logical sequence (in argument or reasoning).
2 sequence, succession (of events etc.).

Etymology
L consecutio f. consequi consecut- overtake (as com-, sequi pursue)

ROGET THESAURUS

consecution

Sequence

N sequence, coming after, going after, consecution, succession, posteriority, continuation, order of succession, successiveness, paracme, secondariness, subordinancy, afterbirth, afterburden, placenta, secundines, succeeding, v, sequent, subsequent, consequent, sequacious, proximate, next, consecutive, alternate, amoebean, latter, posterior, after, subsequently, behind, sequence, coming after, (time), following pursuit, follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train, subsequent, next, succeeding, following, behind, in the rear, in the train of, in the wake of, after.

Continuity

N continuity, consecution, consecutiveness, succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain, catenation, concatenation, scale, gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent, procession, column, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array, pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race, ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain, rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team, suit, colonnade, continuous, continued, consecutive, progressive, gradual, serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence), perennial, evergreen, constant, continuously, seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.


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