Skip to main content
sequential

sequential

17 4.9
Happening in a set order one part after another
  • adjective
  • /sɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
translation icon : secuencial
  • Listening, like any other skill, must be practiced through regular, sequential listening exercises.
  • sequential analysis
  • sequential processing
  • sequential instruction

They've followed those sort of sequential steps and ended up somewhere.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Pupils are actively involved in choosing which sequential activities to pursue and complete.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The instructions must be followed in sequential order to complete the project correctly.

  • I know that you can remember four sequential numbers.

  • Let us now turn to the sequential description of the model.

  • OK, so let's now move to the sequential search model.

  • The result was that many users of vector machines continued programming in a sequential language.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Yes, this car still has the famous Ford Mustang sequential turn signals that light up one, then the next, and then the next.

  • The phased-in approach is the sequential implementation of software applications, one package at a time.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Good Dog Carl includes many details, and the story structure is sequential and temporally driven.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Qualified dance educators will be capable of providing sequential curricula in quality dance education programs.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

serial
vssequential
302 3.7

Happening one after another in a series

is the general arranged order concept not tied to repeated series
subsequent
vssequential
171 4.4

Happening after something else in time

is the ordered arrangement insisting that parts follow each previous item directly
consecutive
vssequential
154 4.0

Happening one after another without a break

is about ordered progression but not always insisting on strict continuity
successive
vssequential
37 4.3

Coming one after another without a break

is the same order idea but with less stress on unbroken continuity
step-by-step
vssequential
23 2.8

Done in separate parts, each finished before the next

is about sequence generally, not necessarily requiring stage completion before moving on
chronological
vssequential
23 3.7

Arranged in the order that events happened

is the arranged progression without restricting ordering to temporal sequence
sequent
vssequential
1 8.9

Happening one after another in order

is about ordered parts without implying causal result between them
uniserial
vssequential
  • Specialized
8.7

Having parts in a single row

is general ordered sequence without restricting to single row or technical usage
ordered
vssequential
1.7

Organized neatly so things are easy to find

is specifically about parts following each previous one without gaps

Antonyms

527 3.4

Happening without a plan and by chance

7 4.5

Not arranged in a clear or tidy way

Compounds

An early television that shows red, green and blue in a quick order to make color images

A TV method that sends each picture in red, then green, then blue

An early color television that shows pictures by quickly changing red, green, and blue images

An old way of showing color television by showing red, green, and blue pictures quickly

Actions that follow one another in a fixed order

How Sequential

sequential
17 4.9
irregular
14 3.4
random
527 3.4

Surface Forms

sequential positive
sequentially positive

Morphology

sequential = sequence (transparent) = sequence + ial

Formed by the noun 'sequence' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ial', yielding the expected meaning 'related to a sequence'.

Etymology

Sequential comes from the Latin root sequ- meaning 'to follow', and the same root is in sequence and sequel. So, something sequential has parts that 'follow' one after another.