Successivo

Successivo is an Italian adjective meaning “following” or “next.” It denotes that one thing comes after another in a sequence, order, time, or set. It is commonly used with nouns such as pagina (pagina successiva, the next page), anno (anno successivo, the following year), or evento (evento successivo). It agrees in gender and number with the noun: masculine singular successivo, feminine singular successiva, masculine plural successivi, feminine plural successive.

Etymology and related forms: successivo derives from Latin successivus, from succedere “to come after.” The related noun successore means “successor.” The adverbial form successivamente means “subsequently.”

Uses in mathematics and logic: In mathematics and logic, the term designates the successor of a number, the element immediately following another, often written as S(n) = n + 1. In set theory and order theory it refers to the next element in a sequence or ordinal. This sense emphasizes immediate succession rather than a more distant later item.

Computing, media, and everyday language: In software localization, successivo is commonly used for navigation controls equivalent to the English “Next,” such as in pagination or stepwise processes. In ordinary speech, it can mark items in a list or events in time, for example “i passi successivi” (the following steps).

See also: succession, sequence, successore, successivamente. Usage tends to favor successivo for the immediate next item and successivo’s grammatical forms to match the noun it modifies.