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1. sequence - noun

· serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"

Hypernym(s): series




2. sequence - noun

· a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

Synonym(s): chronological_sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological_succession

Hypernym(s): temporal_arrangement, temporal_order




3. sequence - noun

· film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

Synonym(s): episode

Hypernym(s): film, photographic_film




4. sequence - noun

· the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"

Synonym(s): succession

Hypernym(s): order, ordering




5. sequence - noun

· several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

Hypernym(s): repeat, repetition




6. sequence - verb

· arrange in a sequence

Hypernym(s): rate, rank, range, order, grade, place




7. sequence - verb

· determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"

Hypernym(s): determine, find, find_out, ascertain





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