Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distant sequel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tan-t se-quel
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sequel that continues the story of an earlier work but is set much later in the same fictional timeline, often years, decades, or even centuries after the orignal.

Example Sentences

"Without that distant sequel, the memory may appear as meaningless as the book; but for the moment I can only leave on record here the two facts to which I managed somehow and in some sense to testify."
"In the two distant sequels, the poet captures the exhilaration of the flight of the bird."
"This successful picture is, in fact, a distant sequel to the science-fiction movie classic Forbidden Planet (1956)."
"See also METROPOLIS, to which Fumoon is a distant sequel."

Inflected Forms

distant sequels (plural)

Phrases

direct sequel

Frequently Paired Words

direct sequel

Questions

What does distant sequel mean?: A sequel that continues the story of an earlier work but is set much later in the same fictional timeline, often years, decades, or even centuries after the orignal.

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