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consecution

 
Dictionary: con·se·cu·tion   (kŏn'sĭ-kyū'shən) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. A sequence or succession.
  2. Logic. The relation of consequent to antecedent; deduction.

[Middle English consecucioun, attainment, from Latin cōnsecūtiō, cōnsecūtiōn-, orderly sequence, from cōnsecūtus, past participle of cōnsequī, to follow closely. See consequent.]


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noun

  1. A way in which things follow each other in space or time: order, procession, sequence, succession. See order/disorder, precede/follow.
  2. A number of things placed or occurring one after the other: chain, course, order, procession, progression, round, run, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train. Informal streak. See order/disorder.

 
 
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