sequence

Nouns

  • (n) serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
    • the sequence of names was alphabetical
    • he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
  • (n) a following of one thing after another in time
    • the doctor saw a sequence of patients
    chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, successiveness,
  • (n) film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie episode,
  • (n) the action of following in order
    • he played the trumps in sequence
    succession,
  • (n) several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

Verbs

  • (v) arrange in a sequence
  • (v) determine the order of constituents in
    • They sequenced the human genome

Synonyms

chronological sequence chronological succession succession successiveness episode

Words of close approximity

sequent
sequencer