sequence
noun
[ ˈsiːkw(ə)ns ]
• a particular order in which related things follow each other.
• "the content of the programme should follow a logical sequence"
Similar:
succession,
order,
course,
series,
chain,
concatenation,
train,
string,
cycle,
progression,
arrangement,
pattern,
chronology,
flow,
• a set of related events, movements, or items that follow each other in a particular order.
• "a gruelling sequence of exercises"
• a part of a film dealing with one particular event or topic.
• "the famous underwater sequence"
• (in the Eucharist) a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.
sequence
verb
• arrange in a particular order.
• "trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced"
• play or record (music) with a sequencer.
Origin:
late Middle English (in sequence (sense 4 of the noun)): from late Latin sequentia, from Latin sequent- ‘following’, from the verb sequi ‘follow’.
