sequence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A set of things arranged or happening one after another in a particular order.

   The names on the list were in alphabetical sequence.

2. 2
   noun

   The order in which things follow one another.

   Please complete the listed tasks in sequence.

3. 3
   noun

   A part of a film or video that shows a single piece of action.

   The movie opens with an exciting car chase sequence.

4. 4
   verb

   To work out or arrange the order of the parts of something.

   Scientists sequenced the human genome.

From Middle English sequence, from Old French sequence (“a sequence of cards, answering verses”), from Late Latin sequentia (“a following”), from Latin sequēns (“following”), from sequī (“to follow”); see sequent.

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