Overview of noun sequence

The noun sequence has 5 senses

• sequence -- (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")


• sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession -- (a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients")


• sequence, episode -- (film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie)


• succession, sequence -- (the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence")


• sequence -- (several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys)

Overview of verb sequence

The verb sequence has 2 senses

• sequence -- (arrange in a sequence)


• sequence -- (determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome")