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See also:séquenceandséquencé

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsequence,[1] fromOld Frenchsequence(“a sequence of cards, answering verses”), fromLate Latinsequentia(“a following”), fromLatinsequēns(“following”), fromsequī(“to follow”); seesequent.

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Noun

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sequence (countable anduncountable,pluralsequences)

  1. A set of things next to each other in a set order; aseries
  2. (uncountable) The state of beingsequent or following;order ofsuccession.
    Complete the listed tasks insequence.
  3. A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven'sFifth Symphony).
  4. A musical composition used in some CatholicMasses between the readings. The most famous sequence is theDies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
  6. (mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
  7. (now rare) Asubsequent event; aconsequence orresult.
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree,In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published2005, pages12–13:
      he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always thesequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.
  8. A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
    • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[1]:
      What follows is a bunch of nonstop goofery involving chasesequences, dreamsequences, fast-changing costumes and an improbable beard, a little musical help from Flight Of The Conchords, and ultimately a very physical confrontation with a surprisingly spry Victoria.
  9. (card games) Ameld consisting of three or more cards ofsuccessiveranks in the samesuit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.

Usage notes

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  • (mathematics): Beginning students often confusesequence withseries.

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Translations

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set of things in a set order
series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated
poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings
in mathematics, an ordered list of objects
series of shots that depict a single action or style
meld of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit
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Verb

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sequence (third-person singular simple presentsequences,present participlesequencing,simple past and past participlesequenced)

  1. (transitive) Toarrange (something) in anorder.
  2. (transitive, biochemistry) Todetermine theorder ofmonomers in (abiologicalpolymer), e.g. ofamino acids in (aprotein), or ofbases in (anucleic acid).
  3. (transitive, music) To produce (music) with asequencer.
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) Toproceed through asequence orseries of things.
    • 2021 April 21, Benita Strnad, Ginger Magnusson Hewitt, “Reading a Book Through Its Cover: The Importance of Preserving Visual and Tactile Information in Children’s and Young Adult Literature in the Academic Library”, inCollection Management, volume46, numbers3–4,→DOI, page335:
      Children start to make meanings and connections as soon as they encounter the book. This starts with the initial analyses and inferences they make when they see the book cover and continues as theysequence through the interior illustrations.
    • 2023 July 21, Madeline Alizadeh, Osman Ali, Raymond K. Cross, “Assessing Progression of Biologic Therapies Based on Smoking Status in Patients With Crohn’s Disease”, inInflammatory Bowel Diseases, volume20,→DOI, page 2:
      If indeed smokerssequence through more biologic therapies, these findings may bring about significant practice changes focused on smoking cessation earlier in the CD course.

Derived terms

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Translations

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to arrange in an order
to determine the order of monomers in (a biological polymer)

References

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “sequence”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

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