sequence

[see-kwuhns] / ˈsi kwəns /

NOUN

series, order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrangement array progression string

STRONG

chain classification concatenation continuance continuity continuousness course cycle disposition distribution flow graduation grouping ordering perpetuity placement procession row run sequel skein streak subsequence succession successiveness track train

WEAK

catenation consecution consecutiveness pecking order

Antonyms

STRONG

interruption stoppage

Example Sentences

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The track starts relatively tame with a melodic synth sequence, and then sounds crash in one after another until it’s full electromania.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Kineto requires the same sequence of building, testing and refining the app that manual coding does.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

This allowed them to reconstruct the sequence of events.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

The facts didn’t change, just the presentation: The revised version is clearer about the sequence of events, more precise in its wording, and more conventionally professional in tone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

It is unsophisticated, employs no big forms and no big architectural structures, and it uses small sequence forms, ostinato and rondo.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

sequence

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