Sequence Meaning and Definition

Word: Sequence

How to pronounce: ˈsiːkwəns

Noun

Definitions:

1. A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.

Example sentences: "The content of the program should follow a logical sequence"

2. A set of related events, movements, or things that follow each other in a particular order.

Example sentences: "A grueling sequence of exercises"

3. A part of a film dealing with one particular event or topic.

Example sentences: "The famous underwater sequence"

4. (in the Eucharist) a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.

Example sentences: "Intended for liturgical use, her verses fall into the familiar categories of antiphon, respond, sequence, and hymn, and cover the cycle of the church year."

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Arrange in a particular order.

Example sentences: "Trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced"

2. Play or record (music) with a sequencer.

Example sentences: "That was much more to do with electronic / sequenced music with a live edge."

Synonyms:

seq

consequence

aftermath

corollary

outcome

consecution

succession

string

chronological sequence

sequency

chain

subsequence

alternation

progression

arrangement

train

order

episode

continuity

concatenation

array

issue

Derivations:

sequencing

sequencer

sequential

sequent

sequentially

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Sequence in Other Languages...

Spanish: Secuencia

German: Sequenz

French: Séquence

Italian: Sequenza

Turkish: Diziliş