chronological sequence
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3.8
- noun
- /ˌkrɒnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl ˈsiːkwəns/
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secuencia cronológica
- At the beginning, the series observes chronological sequence closely, even routinely.
- chronological sequence of events
Story is the chronological sequence of the events.
- Story is the chronological sequence of the events.
Examples
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A connect-a-dot puzzle requires the viewer to read and scan to follow numbers in a chronological sequence that form a picture when drawn by the connection of the dots.
Academic text (2004) -
Most of the objects, therefore, lack documentation, and scholars have relied upon stylistic criteria to establish a chronological sequence (Dark 1973; Fagg 1963, 1970).
Academic text (1993) -
Story is the chronological sequence of the events.
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A cycle was defined as a chronological sequence of steps for a single operation outlined on the methods instruction sheet.
Academic text (2007) -
Students should emphasize the chronological sequence of events and build suspense if it is important to the story.
Academic text (1993) -
The sorting of these paintings into a chronological sequence on the basis of style has offered a foothold where textual evidence is lacking.
Academic text (2015) -
Indeed, different critics have pointed out the difficulty in establishing a chronological sequence of events in Catch-22, and have observed that there are two identifiable timelines: the increase in the number of missions and the psychological development of the events from Yossarian's point of view.
Academic text (2003) -
By undoing the chronological sequence of key events and deliberately undermining the veracity of his own story, Crick can write the history of what returns as "the Here and Now" against the linear, historical "grand narrative" of the Fens.
Academic text (2017) -
For as the chronological sequence of her work shows, and the Library of America volume demonstrates, she developed a habit of overestimation, whether she was praising movies that were trashy and pretentious, forgivably mediocre, or really rather good.
Academic text (2011) -
The historical document outlines the events in a clear chronological sequence from start to finish.
Synonyms
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1.0
The arrangement of things in a neat sequence
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3.2
A set of things or events that come one after another in a specific order
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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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3.7
A line showing events in the order they happened
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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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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
A list of events in the order they happened
How events follow each other in time
A list of things put one after another to compare or measure
How Chronological
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3.8
428
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a series of events arranged in time' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'chronological' (organized according to time) with 'sequence' (an ordered set). This adjective + noun composition follows standard English compositional patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Chronological sequence comes from two parts: chronological meaning 'about time' and sequence meaning 'things that follow each other'. Picture events placed on a straight line from first to last, one after another, and that's why it means 'a series of events in the order they happened'.