Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Consecutive; successive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective occurring immediately one after the other; consecutive.
- adjective oriented with the backs toward each other, and sometimes touching.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective idiomatic
sequential orconsecutive . - adjective With one's
back facing that of somebody else. - adjective of a house Having a
party wall at the rear - adverb With one's
back facing that of somebody else.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective one after the other
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Examples
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As another season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week threatens to speed by, I like to think that I've given renewed meaning to the expression "back-to-back."
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff: New York Fashion Week: Day 4 Stephanie Winston Wolkoff 2012
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As another season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week threatens to speed by, I like to think that I've given renewed meaning to the expression "back-to-back."
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff: New York Fashion Week: Day 4 Stephanie Winston Wolkoff 2012
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As another season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week threatens to speed by, I like to think that I've given renewed meaning to the expression "back-to-back."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Zandile Blay 2012
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Irish fraud police are investigating short-term "back-to-back deposits" of about EUR7.4 billion made between Anglo Irish and another lender, Irish Life & Permanent Group Holdings PLC ILO.DB, in September 2008.
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More How Economists in Europe Define a Recession The Source: Draghi's Neighbor Fires Warning Shot The Source: Spain Faces an Interesting Quarter German Retail Sales Rise U.K. Mortgage Approvals Dip Recession is commonly defined as back-to-back quarters of contraction.
Bloc's Economy Edges Nearer to Recession Brian Blackstone 2011
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But the rules prevent a team from calling back-to-back timeouts, Washington couldn't get the play off in time and instead the team received a delay of game penalty that backed it up to the 12.
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Mike Jones 2011
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And director Bill Condon is already signed to film two “Breaking Dawn” movies, which would be shot back-to-back starting in the fall and released in November 2011 and summer 2012, respectively.
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But the network pushed it back, and now it'll start June 25 with back-to-back episodes airing at 8/7.
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No major coupon has had back-to-back sessions of downward prices since May 19.
Corporate Issues Slip Kellie Geressy-Nilsen 2011
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Falcons 'hopes thaw for back-to-back winning seasons was the previous entry in this blog.
Merry Christmas, Yanks: Braves gift-wrap Vazquez for Cabrera - sports 2009
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