English Explanatory Dictionary

sequence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
  2. The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.
  5. An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
  6. A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
  7. A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show, or other video medium.
  8. A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
verb
  1. To arrange (something) in an order.
  2. To determine the order of monomers in (a biological polymer), e.g. of amino acids in (a protein), or of bases in (a nucleic acid).
  3. To produce (music) with a sequencer.
  4. To proceed through a sequence or series of things.

Pronunciation

/ˈsiː.kwəns/ /ˈsi.kwəns/ /ˈsi.kwɛns/ en-us-sequence.ogg

Word forms

sequence sequences sequencing sequenced

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.

Synonyms

array chain procession consecution sequence series string succession train

Antonyms

hodgepodge

Derived words

almost split sequence Appell sequence arithmetic sequence asequence base sequence biosequence canonical sequence Cauchy sequence chronosequence climosequence conserved sequence convergent sequence cratonic sequence de Bruijn sequence deduced amino acid sequence degree sequence divisibility sequence DNA sequence dream sequence Ducci sequence eigensequence emoji flag sequence emoji sequence emoji ZWJ sequence exact sequence Farey sequence Fibonacci sequence flight sequence fluorosequence geometric sequence Gijswijt's sequence Goodstein sequence Gould's sequence homosequence ideographic description sequence in sequence intersequence King Wen sequence Kolakoski sequence leader sequence long exact sequence macrosequence main-sequence main sequence megasequence metasequence microsequence midsequence missequence multisequence nilsequence nonsequence oligosequence opening sequence Padovan sequence parasequence photosequence Pierre Robin sequence polysequence Potter sequence
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