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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sequel has 2 senses
- sequel(n = noun.event) subsequence - something that follows something else; Array is a kind of final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination
- sequel(n = noun.communication) continuation - a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it; Array is a kind of addendum, postscript, supplement
CIDE DICTIONARY
sequel, n. [L. sequela, fr. sequit to follow: cf. F. séquelle a following. See Sue to follow.].
- That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history. [1913 Webster]"O, let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before." [1913 Webster] - Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin. [1913 Webster]
- Conclusion; inference. Whitgift. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sequel, n.
1 what follows (esp. as a result).
2 a novel, film, etc., that continues the story of an earlier one.
1 what follows (esp. as a result).
2 a novel, film, etc., that continues the story of an earlier one.
Idiom
in the sequel as things developed afterwards.
Etymology
ME f. OF sequelle or L sequel(l)a f. sequi follow
THESAURUS
sequel
aftereffect, aftermath, alternation, by-product, chain, chasing, close, closing, conclusion, consecution, consequence, consequent, continuation, corollary, derivation, derivative, descendant, development, distillate, dogging, dynasty, effect, end, ending, event, eventuality, eventuation, finish, finishing, follow-up, following, fruit, harvest, heeling, heir, hounding, issue, legacy, line, lineage, logical outcome, offshoot, offspring, order, outcome, outgrowth, posterity, precipitate, product, progression, pursual, pursuance, pursuit, result, resultant, row, sequela, sequence, sequent, series, shadowing, successor, supplement, tailing, termination, trailing, train, upshotROGET THESAURUS
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Sequel
N sequel, suffix, successor, tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear, retinue, suite, appendix, postscript, epilogue, peroration, codicil, continuation, sequela, appendage, tail piece, heelpiece, tag, more last words, colophon, aftercome, aftergrowth, afterpart, afterpiece, aftercourse, afterthought, aftergame, arriere pensee, second thoughts, outgrowth.Posteriority
N posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time.
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