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consecutive
Adjective
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Consecutive events follow one another with no other in between.
We were given homework over five consecutive days.
sum
Noun
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A sum is an amount of money, usually a large amount.
The company had been spending large sums on publicity and advertising.
It allows the corporation to pay its workers a lump sum of up to £37,000 on leaving.
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The sum is the total of adding or subtracting several numbers or amounts.
The total output doesn't equal the sum of the inputs because the system is not 100% efficient.
The sum of the three numbers will always equal 10.
sum
Verb
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If you sum up, you conclude or bring together the main points.
She sums up the situation by saying that the new family is never the same as the biological family.