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in a rowhappening one after another without interruption; consecutively

Part of speech: ADVERB

Definition: happening one after another without interruption; consecutively

Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪn ə roʊ/

Korean meaning: 연속으로, 연달아

Korean pronunciation: 인 어 **로우**

Example Sentences

  • My alarm clock failed to ring three mornings in a row, making me the office's new 'fashionably late' employee.
  • He scored goals in five games in a row.
  • It rained for seven days in a row during our vacation.

in a row

ADVERB

//ɪn ə roʊ//

happening one after another without interruption; consecutively

in a row concept
💡 Concept

happening one after another without interruption; consecutively

in a row rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Plant them in a row, watch them grow into a magnificent show!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ɪn ə roʊ/
🇬🇧 UK/ɪn ə rəʊ/

🌳Etymology

Origin

배를 젓는 노(row)처럼 일정한 간격으로 연속된다는 의미에서 유래

🎵Rhyme

flowgrowknowshow
flow
grow
know
show

🔗Collocations

three days in a row
win in a row
lose in a row
five times in a row
fail in a row
miss in a row

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My alarm clock failed to ring three mornings in a row, making me the office's new 'fashionably late' employee.

He scored goals in five games in a row.

It rained for seven days in a row during our vacation.

😄 Fun example

She burned dinner three nights in a row, so we're now on a first-name basis with the pizza delivery guy.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

consecutivelycontinuouslysuccessivelysequentiallyback-to-back

Antonyms

intermittentlysporadicallyoccasionally

Related

sequenceseriesstreakchainsuccession

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