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sequel

[ see-kwuhl ]

noun

  1. 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.

    Synonyms: end, outgrowth, upshot, aftermath



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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


sequel

  1. A narrative or dramatic work complete in itself but designed to follow an earlier one. Through the Looking-Glassis a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnis a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sequel1

1375–1425; late Middle English sequel ( e ) < Latin sequēla what follows, equivalent to sequ ( ī ) to follow + -ēla noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sequel1

C15: from Late Latin sequēla, from Latin sequī to follow
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Example Sentences

This wouldn’t be an unusual assessment for most of the high school rom-coms Netflix dumps onto its platform, except that 2018′s “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” set the expectations for its sequels sky-high.

In 2013, Hannah wrote a sequel to Firefly Lane focused on Tully’s backstory and her relationship with her mother.

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He played Lincoln again in the mid-1980s for the ABC television miniseries “North and South” and its sequel.

If there were games you loved playing when you were younger, check to see if there are any sequels.

It wasn’t until the controversial sequel, “Sons of Liberty,” when Sears finally plays his hand.

And “what kind of person,” Steinberg asks, “dares to write a sequel to the Bible?”

We shot our Anchorman sequel for 50 million and all made a lot of money.

None of her last five movies (with the exception of an Ice Age sequel she voiced) has grossed more than $50 million.

Were there ever plans for a sequel to Scissorhands, or a continuation of that story?

This video should give Disney enough fodder to create an action-packed Dumbo/Lion King crossover sequel.

A test examination would follow of a perfunctory character, and an intimation of your appointment would be the sequel.

The letter was the swift and desperate sequel to several days' absolutely sterile reflection.

But the sequel is going to show that the finance of the war will prove to be a lesson in the finance of peace.

It certainly seemed as though the detective could not be mistaken, but the sequel would show.

In the sequel, this relief was one day granted us and another refused; and the hour was always later during festivals.

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