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sequence

se·quence
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [see-kwuh ns]
    • /ˈsi kwəns/
    • /ˈsiː.kwəns/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [see-kwuh ns]
    • /ˈsi kwəns/

Definitions of sequence word

  • noun sequence the following of one thing after another; succession. 1
  • noun sequence order of succession: a list of books in alphabetical sequence. 1
  • noun sequence a continuous or connected series: a sonnet sequence. 1
  • noun sequence something that follows; a subsequent event; result; consequence. 1
  • noun sequence Music. a melodic or harmonic pattern repeated three or more times at different pitches with or without modulation. 1
  • noun sequence Liturgy. a hymn sometimes sung after the gradual and before the gospel; prose. 1
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Origin of sequence

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Late Latin sequentia, equivalent to sequ- (stem of sequī to follow) + -entia -ence

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sequence

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sequence

sequence popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sequence usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sequence

noun sequence

  • aeon — An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
  • aftereffect — The aftereffects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it.
  • alignment — An alignment is support for a particular group, especially in politics, or for a side in a quarrel or struggle.
  • arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
  • battery — Batteries are small devices that provide the power for electrical items such as radios and children's toys.
All 48 Synonyms of sequence

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Related words

  • series

    a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.

  • farey sequence

    the increasing sequence of fractions in which numerator and denominator have no common divisor other than one and in which the denominator is less than or equal to a given positive integer p. For p = 4, the Farey sequence of order 4 is 0/1, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 1/1.

  • follow

    to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.

  • fundamental sequence

    an infinite sequence, x 1 , x 2 , …, whose terms are points in Ek, in which there exists a point y such that the limit as n goes to infinity of xn = y if and only if for every ε>0, there exists a number N such that i > N and j > N implies | xi − xj |< ε. Also called Cauchy sequence, convergent sequence. Compare complete (def 10b).

  • phrase

    Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.

  • infinite series

    a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are added successively in a given pattern; the sequence of partial sums of a given sequence.
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