sequence

UK: /ˈsiːkwəns/ US: /ˈsikwəns/ ,(sē′kwəns)

Inflections of 'sequence' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

sequences

v 3rd person singular

sequencing

v pres p

sequenced

v past

sequenced

v past p

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

se•quence /ˈsikwəns/   n., v., -quenced, -quenc•ing. 
n. 

1. the following of one thing after another:
   [uncountable] to arrange the cards in sequence.
2. a continuous group or series of things:
   [countable] a sonnet sequence.
3. Show Business a series of related scenes that make up an episode in a film:
   [countable] In the final sequence the villain falls into a vat of acid.

v. [~ + object]

4. to place in a sequence.

See -seq-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

se•quence  (sē′kwəns), n., v., -quenced, -quenc•ing. 
n. 

1. the following of one thing after another;
   succession.
2. order of succession:
   a list of books in alphabetical sequence.
3. a continuous or connected series:
   a sonnet sequence.
4. something that follows;
   a subsequent event;
   result;
   consequence.
5. Music and Dance a melodic or harmonic pattern repeated three or more times at different pitches with or without modulation.
6. Music and Dance [Liturgy.] a hymn sometimes sung after the gradual and before the gospel;
   prose.
7. Cinema, Show Business [Motion Pictures.] a series of related scenes or shots, as those taking place in one locale or at one time, that make up one episode of the film narrative.
8. Games [Cards.] a series of three or more cards following one another in order of value, esp. of the same suit.
9. Genetics, Biochemistry the linear order of monomers in a polymer, as nucleotides in DNA or amino acids in a protein.
10. Mathematics a set whose elements have an order similar to that of the positive integers;
    a map from the positive integers to a given set.

v.t. 

11. to place in a sequence.
12. Biochemistry to determine the order of (chemical units in a polymer chain), esp. nucleotides in DNA or RNA or amino acids in a protein.

• Late Latin sequentia, equivalent. to sequ- (stem of sequī to follow) + -entia -ence
• Middle English 1350–1400

Synonyms

• 1. See series. 
• 2. arrangement.
• 4. outcome, sequel.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

sequence / ˈsiːkwəns/ noun

1. an arrangement of two or more things in a successive order
2. the successive order of two or more things: chronological sequence
3. an action or event that follows another or others
4. a set of three or more consecutive cards, usually of the same suit
5. a set of two or more consecutive cards
6. an arrangement of notes or chords repeated several times at different pitches
7. an ordered set of numbers or other mathematical entities in one-to-one correspondence with the integers 1 to n
8. a section of a film constituting a single continuous uninterrupted episode
9. the unique order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein or of nucleotides in the polynucleotide chain of DNA or RNA

verb (transitive)

1. to arrange in a sequence

Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin sequentia that which follows, from Latin sequī to follow