sequence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsi.kwəns/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈsi.kwɛns/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈsiː.kwəns/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈsiː.kwəns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (California) audio
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
An alphabet follows a sequence.
The risks involved in changing the DNA sequence is higher.
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(uncountable) The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
Complete the listed tasks in sequence.
- (countable, uncountable) A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
- (countable, uncountable) A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
- (countable, uncountable) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.
1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, pages 12–13:
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(countable, uncountable) A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show, or other video medium.
What follows is a bunch of nonstop goofery involving chase sequences, dream sequences, fast-changing costumes and an improbable beard, a little musical help from Flight Of The Conchords, and ultimately a very physical confrontation with a surprisingly spry Victoria.
2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:
- (countable, uncountable) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sequences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Ducci sequence · Potter sequence · sequence assembly · megasequence · stereosequence · resequence · biosequence · Gould's sequence · multisequence · chronosequence · flight sequence · toposequence · supersequence · short exact sequence · nilsequence · emoji ZWJ sequence · Shine-Dalgarno sequence · conserved sequence · arithmetic sequence · deduced amino acid sequence · opening sequence · Fibonacci sequence · sequence point · nonsequence · Thue-Morse sequence · semantic progression · Padovan sequence · pyrosequence · prosequence · sequence-of-returns risk · geometric sequence · emoji flag sequence · Kolakoski sequence · macrosequence · main-sequence · Sheffer sequence · midsequence · random sequence · metasequence · triggering sequence · degree sequence · Pierre Robin sequence · pseudosequence · homosequence · Sturm sequence · Hodge-de Rham spectral sequence · divisibility sequence · slippery sequence · sequential · asequence · microsequence · ideographic description sequence · parasequence · main sequence · dream sequence · polysequence · climosequence · eigensequence · de Bruijn sequence · missequence · pre-main-sequence star · sequence breaking · cratonic sequence · title sequence · sequence of tenses · Sobel sequence · sequenceless · in sequence · canonical sequence · Frölicher spectral sequence · DNA sequence · fluorosequence · leader sequence · sequence dance · Appell sequence · oligosequence · Goodstein sequence · subsequence · protosequence · emoji sequence · photosequence · Gijswijt's sequence · Gold sequence · base sequence · King Wen sequence · Farey sequence · sequencer · intersequence · Cauchy sequence · exact sequence · twin oligohydramnios-polyhydramnios sequence · long exact sequence · retrosequence · convergent sequence · rock sequence · almost split sequence
Hypernyms
function · set · arrangement · group
Hyponyms
thread · presequence · procedure · course · race · escape sequence · process · cycle
Meronyms
phase · finish · beginning · term · midpoint
Synonyms
sequence · train · array · procession · string · chain · consecution · succession · series
Translations (141)
pt sequência (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · pl sekwencja (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · it successione (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · la seriēs (set of things in a set order) · gl secuencia (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · ru ряд (set of things in a set order) · cmn 序列 (set of things in a set order) · cmn 數列 /数列 (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · ota سلسله (set of things in a set order) · ka მიმდევრობა (set of things in a set order) · hu szekvencia (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · da sekvens (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings) · sh niz (set of things in a set order) · th ลำดับ (set of things in a set order) · ca successiò (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · tl datig (set of things in a set order) · ru после́довательность (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · gl secuencia (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · nb følge (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · bg последователност (meld of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit) · bg епизод (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · sv sekvens (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · bg рефрен (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · ga seicheamh (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · km លំដាប់ (set of things in a set order) · kix thá-îe (set of things in a set order) · ru после́довательность (set of things in a set order) · pl bieg (set of things in a set order) · ar مُتَتَابِعَة (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · no rekkefølge (set of things in a set order) · pt sequência (set of things in a set order) · pt sequência (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · fa سکانس (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · tr sekans (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · wa shûte (set of things in a set order) · az ardıcıllıq (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · fr séquence (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · pl sekwencja (set of things in a set order) · ca seqüència (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · ga seicheamh (set of things in a set order) · gl sucesión (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · he רצף (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · ast socesión (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · ko 시퀀스 (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · fa توالی (set of things in a set order) · de Sequenz (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · ga seicheamh (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · pt sequência (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · el αλληλουχία (set of things in a set order) · cs řada (set of things in a set order) · ca seqüència (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · fi jono (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · es secuencia (set of things in a set order) · mk редослед (set of things in a set order) · he סדרה (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · tr dizi (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · bg ред (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · mi raupapatanga (set of things in a set order) · ar مُتَوَالِيَة (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · pl sekwencja (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings) · el ακολουθία (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · hu szekvencia (set of things in a set order) · mi raupapa (set of things in a set order) · ms turutan (set of things in a set order) · ja 数列 (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · pt sucessão (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · sl niz (set of things in a set order) · da tonerække (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · hu sor (set of things in a set order) · sl sekvenca (set of things in a set order) · fr séquence (set of things in a set order) · es sucesión (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · nl reeks (set of things in a set order) · da rækkefølge (set of things in a set order) · pt sequência (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings) · hu sorozat (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · mi hātepe (set of things in a set order) · ru секве́нция (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · ko 순서 (set of things in a set order) · scn sichitanza (set of things in a set order) · ru секве́нция (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings) · fi sekvenssi (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · fr suite (set of things in a set order) · fr séquence (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · got 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (set of things in a set order) · de Folge (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · de Reihenfolge (set of things in a set order) · nl rij (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · fr séquence (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings) · hu sorozat (set of things in a set order) · it sequenza (set of things in a set order) · sv följd (set of things in a set order) · it sequenza (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · lv secība (set of things in a set order) · th ลำดับ (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · bg серия (set of things in a set order) · el σειρά (set of things in a set order) · gd leanmhainn (set of things in a set order) · ro secvență (set of things in a set order) · da sekvens (set of things in a set order) · fr suite (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · fi sarja (set of things in a set order) · pl ciąg (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · grc συνέχεια (set of things in a set order) · bg поредица (set of things in a set order) · sl zaporedje (set of things in a set order) · da følge (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · gl secuencia (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings) · vi dãy (set of things in a set order) · hy հաջորդականություն (set of things in a set order) · fi sekvenssi (set of things in a set order) · fr séquence (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · de Sequenz (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · sv följd (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · cs sekvence (set of things in a set order) · pl kolejność (set of things in a set order) · eo sekvenco (set of things in a set order) · sh redosled (set of things in a set order) · wa etchinnmint (set of things in a set order) · cmn 順序 /顺序 (set of things in a set order) · it sequenza (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · es secuencia (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · pl sekwencja (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) · hu szekvencia (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings) · fi lukujono (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · fr suite (meld of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit) · mk низа (set of things in a set order) · cs sled (set of things in a set order) · ja 順序 (set of things in a set order) · ar مُتَتَالِيَة (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · tl datig (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · ru очерёдность (set of things in a set order) · fi sekvenssi (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings) · cs posloupnost (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · nl volgorde (set of things in a set order) · hu sorrend (set of things in a set order) · ca seqüència (set of things in a set order) · ka რიგი (set of things in a set order) · el σεκάνς (series of shots that depict a single action or style) · ro șir (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) · el ακολουθία (set of things in a set order)