sequential

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /sɪˈkwɛnʃəl/ UK /sɪˈkwɛnʃəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
following in a logical order or consecutive succession

The chapters are arranged in sequential order of events.

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Synonyms

1 adj · following in a logical... consecutive successive serial orderedsuccessional

Opposites

simultaneous random concurrent parallel

Word family

Derived forms sequentiallysequentiality

Related forms sequence sequel consequence subsequent

Etymology

From Latin sequentia ('a following'), from sequens, the present participle of sequi ('to follow'), plus the suffix -al.

sequi Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# sequential

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /sɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
**IPA (UK):** /sɪˈkwɛnʃəl/

## Meanings
1. following in a logical order or consecutive succession

## Examples
- The chapters are arranged in sequential order of events.

## Synonyms
- consecutive
- successive
- serial
- ordered
- successional

## Antonyms
- simultaneous
- random
- concurrent
- parallel

## Derived Forms
- sequentially
- sequentiality

## Related Forms
- sequence
- sequel
- consequence
- subsequent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sequi

## Etymology
From Latin sequentia ('a following'), from sequens, the present participle of sequi ('to follow'), plus the suffix -al.

## AI Etymology
Sequential comes from Latin sequentia ('a following'), from sequens, the present participle of sequi ('to follow'), plus the suffix -al. The historical chain includes Latin sequi. The quoted older senses, "a following" and "to follow", supply the semantic anchors for sequential. The formation is best read as suffixal, participial, and borrowed: the word sequential carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "following in a logical order or consecutive succession". English derivatives include sequentially and sequentiality; related English forms include sequence, sequel, consequence, and subsequent. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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