different between unbroken vs consecutive

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?b?o?kn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?b???kn?/
• Hyphenation: un?bro?ken

Etymology 1

From Middle English unbroken, from Old English un?ebrocen (“unbroken”), equivalent to un- +? broken. Cognate with Dutch ongebroken (“unbroken”), German Low German unbroken (“unbroken”), German ungebrochen (“unbroken”).

Adjective

unbroken (not comparable)

1. Whole, not divided into parts.

   After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.

2. Of a horse, not tamed.

   There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie.

3. Continuous, without interruption.

   The team's unbroken winning streak was a record.

Synonyms

• (whole, not divided into parts): complete, entire, in one piece, undivided, whole
• (describing a horse): untamed, wild
• (continuous): continuous, uninterrupted

Antonyms

• (whole): broken, shattered, smashed, split
• (describing a horse): domesticated, tame, tamed
• (continuous): broken, interrupted

Translations

Etymology 2

From unbreak.

Verb

unbroken

1. past participle of unbreak

English

Etymology

From French consécutif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ns?kj?t?v/

Adjective

consecutive (not comparable)

1. following, in succession, without interruption
2. having some logical sequence

Antonyms

• nonconsecutive
• simultaneously

Derived terms

• consecutive interpretation / consecutive interpreting
• consecutively
• consecutiveness

Translations

Noun

consecutive (countable and uncountable, plural consecutives)

1. (music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
2. (linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
3. (uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

consecutive f pl

1. feminine plural of consecutivo