sequence

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US /ˈsi.kwəns/ UK /ˈsiː.kwəns/ See IPA manual

Freq #5901

Meanings

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

noun
The order in which things follow one another.

Please complete the listed tasks in sequence.
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

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

Scientists sequenced the human genome.

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1 noun · a set of things arranged or... succession

2 noun · the order in which things... succession

More array chain consecution series string train

Opposites

hodgepodge

Word family

Forms sequencedsequencessequencing

Derived forms asequencebiosequencechronosequenceclimosequenceeigensequencefluorosequencehomosequenceintersequencemacrosequencemain-sequencemegasequencemetasequence

Etymology

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.

*sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European sequence Middle English sequentia la-lat sequēns Latin

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# sequence

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈsi.kwəns/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsiː.kwəns/
**Frequency rank:** 5901

## Meanings
1. A set of things arranged or happening one after another in a particular order.
2. The order in which things follow one another.
3. A part of a film or video that shows a single piece of action.
4. To work out or arrange the order of the parts of something.

## Examples
- The names on the list were in alphabetical sequence.
- Please complete the listed tasks in sequence.
- The movie opens with an exciting car chase sequence.
- Scientists sequenced the human genome.

## Synonyms
- array
- chain
- consecution
- series
- string
- succession
- train

## Antonyms
- hodgepodge

## Derived Forms
- asequence
- biosequence
- chronosequence
- climosequence
- eigensequence
- fluorosequence
- homosequence
- intersequence
- macrosequence
- main-sequence
- megasequence
- metasequence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sekʷ-
- Root: sequence
- Root: sequentia
- Root: sequēns

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Sequence is 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. Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-, Middle English sequence, Old French sequence, la-lat sequentia, Latin sequēns. In current use it includes senses such as A set of things arranged or happening one after another in a particular order and The order in which things follow one another.

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