sequel
/ˈsiːkwəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
noun
A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
noun
The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
noun
Example Sentences
- "Now here Chriſtian was worſe put to it then in his fight with Apollyon, as by the ſequel you ſhall ſee."
- "In its sixty-year history here, some 4,170 engines of the 4-6-0 type have been constructed. This is the vast sequel of that bold experimental step of the Highland Railway in 1894."
- "It greatly resembles the Rabbinical account of the origin of the Mazckeen, which the reader will meet in the sequel."
- "In the sequel we restrict ourselves to “nice” cases without going into details about the nicety conditions which have to be fulfilled (see, e.g., Freudenthal [1])."
Etymology
From Middle English sequele, sequelle, sequile, from Middle French sequele, sequelle and its etymon, Latin sequēla, from sequī (“to follow”). Doublet of sequela.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *sekʷ-, sequele, sequēla