sequence
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈsiːkwəns/
:
secuencia
- In biology class, we discussed the sequence of events during cell division.
- sequence of events
- course sequence
- scope and sequence
They're often marked by sequence, letter sequence, ABCD.
- They're often marked by sequence, letter sequence, ABCD.
- And what a weird, what a weird sequence of events with Tua.
- So maybe in itself it's just a sequence, but who knows where it will lead?
- Doctors always work in a particular sequence with their patients.
- And that's why these sequences can be so potent in adulthood.
- And then I'm putting you into an e-mail sequence or some text message sequence.
- And the last one in the sequence exit.
- So there there is a sequence to the light we see, right.
- So that's the example of our sort of nurture sequence into our clothes.
- But those that's tried and true because those sequences got huge laughs.
- Where will you be satisfied with your sequence of asking why?
- And a number of people built a sequence of of systems that did that.
Examples
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Readers must pay close attention to time and sequence between Mia's memories and her present condition.
Academic text (2015) -
In this task, the examiner taps a sequence of blocks, one block per second.
Academic text (2012) -
There is a, a sequence of events in our lives.
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Advanced life appeared by going through a sequence of hard steps.
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Control schools received exactly the same sequence, beginning one year later in May of 2009.
Academic text (2013) -
This is actually a fairly unusual sequence, if I may say so.
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Members of both groups mentioned that the curriculum content and sequence might benefit from changes.
Academic text (2015) -
I'll be doing an entire sequence of podcast episodes on that.
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The total duration of each of the three mixing sequences was close to 25 minutes.
Academic text (2017) -
The placement of PEN-SLIS in the course sequence has varied over the years.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The arrangement of things in a neat sequence
∞
1.8
A number of similar things or events happening one after another
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2.0
A series of connected events where each follows the next
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2.7
A sequence of numbers or letters in order
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4.1
A series of people or things that come one after another
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5.3
The order of events as they happened or a record showing that order
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5.3
A series of events where one event causes the next
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5.1
A series of things that follow a rule, like numbers or chords
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3.2
A series of connected events where each one causes the next
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2.7
Arranging things in a particular sequence so they are easy to find
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9.9
A series of things like events or ideas joined in a chain
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3.8
A list of events in the order they happened
A list of things put one after another to compare or measure
A list of events in the order they happened
The order of events in time
How events follow each other in time
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.2
A list of numbers where each number is the sum of the two before it
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sequence comes from the old Latin word sequi, meaning 'to follow', and you can see the same root in sequel. So a sequence is a group of things that follow one another in a set order.