sequence
UK/ˈsiː.kwəns//ˈsi.kwəns/
sequence noun: a set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
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Noun
sequence (countable and uncountable, plural sequences)
- A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
- An alphabet follows a sequence.
- The risks involved in changing the DNA sequence is higher.
- The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
- Complete the listed tasks in sequence.
- 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).
- A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
- An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
- A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
- he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, pages 12–13
- A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show, or other video medium.
- What follows is a bunch of nonstop goofery involving chase sequences, dream sequences, 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.2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club
- A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
Verb
sequence (third-person singular simple present sequences, present participle sequencing, simple past and past participle sequenced)
- To arrange (something) in an order.
- 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.
- To determine the order of monomers in (a biological polymer), e.g. of amino acids in (a protein), or of bases in (a nucleic acid).
- To produce (music) with a sequencer.
- To proceed through a sequence or series of things.
- 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 they sequence through the interior illustrations.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...
- If indeed smokers sequence through more biologic therapies, these findings may bring about significant practice changes focused on smoking cessation earlier in the CD course.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”, in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases...
sequence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sequence in Hindi
- sequence, succession, order, series
- अनुक्रम anukram
- sequence
- परिपाटी paripāṭī
sequence in Tamil
- வரிசை, வரிசை முறை
sequence in Marathi
- अनुक्रम
sequence in Urdu
- سلسلہ
More languagesFewer languages
- sequence in Bengali
- ক্রম, অনুক্রম, পরম্পরা, পারম্পর্য
- sequence in Telugu
- తరము taramu
- sequence in Malayalam
- പിന്തുടർച്ച, അനുക്രമം, ശ്രേണി, അന്വയം
- sequence in Kannada
- ಅನುಕ್ರಮ, ಅನುಕ್ರಮಣಿಕೆ
- sequence in Gujarati
- અનુક્રમ, ક્રમક્રમ
- sequence in Odia
- ଅନୁକ୍ରମଣ
- sequence in Nepali
- अनुक्रम, अनुक्रम गर्न
- sequence in Tagalog
- datig
- sequence in Arabic
- مُتَتَالِيَة mutatāliya, مُتَوَالِيَة mutawāliya, مُتَتَابِعَة mutatābiʕa
- sequence in Malay
- turutan
- sequence in Persian
- توالی tavâli, سکانس
- sequence in Thai
- ลำดับ lam-dàp
- sequence in Vietnamese
- dãy
Examples of sequence in a sentence
- The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
- Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch.
- The sequence is: molecules in reproductive systems, then gametes, zygotes, morulas, blastocysts, and then fetuses.
Synonyms of sequence
Antonyms
Forms of sequence
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sequences |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sequences |
| present participle | sequencing |
| past participle | sequenced |
| past | sequenced |
Origin of sequence
From Middle English sequence, from Old French sequence (“a sequence of cards, answering verses”), from Late Latin sequentia (“a following”), from Latin sequēns (“following”), from sequī (“to follow”); see sequent.
Words formed from sequence
- almost split sequence
- Appell sequence
- arithmetic sequence
- asequence
- base sequence
- biosequence
- canonical sequence
- Cauchy sequence
- chronosequence
- climosequence
- conserved sequence
- convergent sequence
- cratonic sequence
- de Bruijn sequence
- deduced amino acid sequence
- degree sequence
- divisibility sequence
- DNA sequence
- dream sequence
- Ducci sequence
- eigensequence
- emoji flag sequence
- emoji sequence
- emoji ZWJ sequence
- exact sequence
- Farey sequence
- Fibonacci sequence
- flight sequence
- fluorosequence
- Frölicher spectral sequence
- geometric sequence
- Gijswijt's sequence
- Gold sequence
- Goodstein sequence
- Gould's sequence
- Hodge-de Rham spectral sequence
- homosequence
- ideographic description sequence
- in sequence
- intersequence
- King Wen sequence
- Kolakoski sequence
- leader sequence
- long exact sequence
- macrosequence
- main sequence
- main-sequence
- megasequence
- metasequence
- microsequence
- midsequence
- missequence
- multisequence
- nilsequence
- nonsequence
- oligosequence
- opening sequence
- Padovan sequence
- parasequence
- photosequence
Phrases with sequence
- rock sequence
- sequence dance
- sequence point
- Sobel sequence
- Sturm sequence
- title sequence
- escape sequence
- Potter sequence
- random sequence
- sequence dances
- sequence points
- Sheffer sequence
15 more phrasesFewer phrases
- sequence assembly
- sequence breaking
- slippery sequence
- sequence of tenses
- sequence assemblies
- Thue-Morse sequence
- triggering sequence
- short exact sequence
- Pierre Robin sequence
- sequence of return risk
- Shine-Dalgarno sequence
- sequence of return risks
- sequence of returns risk
- sequence of returns risks
- twin oligohydramnios-polyhydramnios sequence
Questions about sequence
- What does sequence mean?
- Sequence means a set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
- What is sequence in Hindi?
- Sequence in Hindi is अनुक्रम (anukram), परिपाटी (paripāṭī). See Sequence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sequence?
- Sequence can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sequence?
- Sequence is pronounced /ˈsiː.kwəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sequence?
- The plural of sequence is sequences.
Words near sequence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sequence (page history and authors); अनुक्रम (Hindi) (page history and authors); sequence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sequence (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sequence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sequence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తరము (Telugu) (page history and authors); sequence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sequence (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sequence (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sequence (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sequence (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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