sequel

UK: /ˈsiːkw^əl/ US: /ˈsikwəl/ ,(sē′kwəl)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

se•quel /ˈsikwəl/   n. [countable]

1. Literature a book, play, etc., that continues the story from a preceding work.
2. something that develops from something else:
   a sequel to the debate.

See -seq-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

se•quel  (sē′kwəl), n. 

1. Literature, Show Business a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work.
2. an event or circumstance following something;
   subsequent course of affairs.
3. a result, consequence, or inference.

• Latin sequēla what follows, equivalent. to sequ(ī) to follow + -ēla noun, nominal suffix
• late Middle English sequel(e) 1375–1425

Synonyms

• 3. aftermath, upshot, outgrowth, end.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

sequel / ˈsiːkwəl/ noun

1. anything that follows from something else; development
2. a consequence or result
3. a novel, play, etc, that continues a previously related story

Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin sequēla, from Latin sequī to follow