sequence
/ˈsi.kwəns/noun, verb2 syllables
Sequence means: a following of one thing after another in time.
Synonyms for sequence12
noun, as in a following of one thing after another in time
noun, as in film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
noun, as in the action of following in order
also used for sequence
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What does sequence mean?7
noun
a following of one thing after another in time“the doctor saw a sequence of patients”
film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
the action of following in order“he played the trumps in sequence”
serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern“the sequence of names was alphabetical”
several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
verb
arrange in a sequence
determine the order of constituents in“They sequenced the human genome”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Sequence in a sentence
- Without loss of generality, we can say that the sequence converges to zero.FeuDRenais2
- In the sequence of life, we face many challenges.kiryopi
- The fibonacci sequence makes numerous appearances throughout the natural world.mactrey
- Many people find it difficult to remember a sequence of more than seven numbers.CM
- A word is a sequence of sounds or letters that has a meaning.Adelpa
- I heard he was terrible at remembering sequences of numbers.Wierdmin
- The choreographers are currently designing sequences of movements right now.Josephlingo
- Genes consist of a specific sequence of DNA.Source_VOA
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Forms of sequence
as a noun
- plural
- sequences
as a verb
- past tense
- sequenced
- present participle
- sequencing
- third-person singular
- sequences
- past participle
- sequenced