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Past tense of sequence

regular verb

The past tense of sequence is sequenced. The past participle is also sequenced.

Forms of sequence

Base form (V1)sequence /ˈsiː.kwəns/
Past tense (V2)sequenced
Past participle (V3)sequenced
Present participlesequencing
Third person singularsequences

Sequenced in a sentence

  • We sequenced the code to keep it organised.
  • The later edition of the book sequenced the chapters differently, which caused a lot of confusion among non-technical readers.
  • In the future, we might all have our complete biocode sequenced (all our genomes).2015, Dawn Field, Neil Davies, Biocode: The New Age of Genomics, →ISBN. From the entry biocode
  • All 14 aptamers were then sequenced (Table 1 ), and used in the development of aptasensors and electrochemical analyses.2015 September 4, “Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts on Fresh Produce Using DNA Aptamers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry aptasensors
  • Epitypes are increasingly being designated in mycology today for sequenced material where DNA has not or cannot be recovered from the name-bearing type.2016, David L. Hawksworth, “Chapter 2: Mycotoxin-Producing and Clinically Important Fungi: Their Classification and Naming”, in R. Russell…. From the entry epitype

Meaning of sequence

  1. noun A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
  2. noun The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
  3. noun 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's Fifth Symphony).

Full definition of sequence

Questions about the past tense of sequence

What is the past tense of sequence?
The past tense of sequence is sequenced.
What is the past participle of sequence?
The past participle of sequence is sequenced.
Is sequence a regular or irregular verb?
Sequence is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sequence (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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