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   sequence

   /ˈsiːkwəns/

   noun

   • 1. a particular order in which related things follow each other: "the content of the programme should follow a logical sequence" Similar successionordercourseserieschainconcatenationtrainstringcycleprogressionarrangementpatternchronologyflow
   • ▪ a repetition of a phrase or melody at a higher or lower pitch: "a restless search for interesting harmonic sequences"
   • ▪ the order in which amino-acid or nucleotide residues are arranged in a protein, DNA, etc.: "these are enzymes which will cleave only at specific base sequences in the DNA"
   • 2. a set of related events, movements, or items that follow each other in a particular order: "a gruelling sequence of exercises"
   • ▪ a set of three or more playing cards of the same suit next to each other in value, for example 10, 9, 8.
   • ▪ an infinite ordered series of numerical quantities.
   • 3. a part of a film dealing with one particular event or topic: "the famous underwater sequence" Similar excerptclipsceneextractepisodesectionsegment
   • 4. (in the Eucharist) a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.

   verb

   • 1. arrange in a particular order: "trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced"
   • ▪ ascertain the sequence of amino-acid or nucleotide residues in (a protein, DNA, etc.): "we have undertaken to isolate and sequence the rat retinoblastoma cDNA"
   • 2. play or record (music) with a sequencer.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in sequence (sense 4 of the noun)): from late Latin sequentia, from Latin sequent- ‘following’, from the verb sequi ‘follow’.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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     to combine things in a particular order, or discover the...

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   • Sequence: Portuguese Translation

     sequence translate: sequência, sequência [feminine],...

   • Znaczenie Sequence, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     sequence definicja: 1. a series of related things or events,...

   • Sequence in Russian

     SEQUENCE translate: последовательность, цепь ,...

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     SEQUENCE translate: 顺序, 一连串；一系列；顺序，次序, 影片的一部分, （影片中的）一组镜头,...

   • Sequence in Polish

     SEQUENCE translate: ciąg, łańcuch, kolejność, porządek,...

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   noun. the following of one thing after another; succession. order of succession: a list of books in alphabetical sequence. Synonyms: arrangement. a continuous or connected series: a sonnet sequence. something that follows; a subsequent event; result; consequence. Synonyms: sequel, outcome.

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   When things come in sequence, they come in a specific order. It could be a chronological sequence, a sequence following a pattern (red-blue-brown, red-blue-brown), or a cause-and-effect sequence. Sequence can also be a verb. When you sequence something, you put it in order.

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