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# sequence

noun (a sequence, sequences); verb (sequence, sequences, sequenced, sequencing)

«sequence» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A set of things that come one after another in a certain order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#m1)
2. (maths) A list of numbers or shapes that follow a rule (2, 4, 6, 8 …). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#m2)
3. The order in which things happen (put the pictures in sequence). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#m3)
4. A part of a film or a story showing connected events. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#m4)
5. (verb) To put things in order; (science) to find the order of parts in DNA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#m5)

### In the lessons

Very common in maths: number sequences, finding the rule, the next term, the nth term. In English, sequencing events in a story; in computing, a sequence of instructions. Phrases: «in sequence», «out of sequence», «a sequence of», «the next number in the sequence».

### Examples

- What is the next number in the sequence 3, 6, 9, 12? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#x1)
- Put the story pictures in the right sequence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#x2)
- The sequence goes up by 5 each time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#x3)
- A computer follows a sequence of instructions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#x4)
- The film has an exciting chase sequence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#x5)
- The pages are out of sequence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#x6)
- Scientists sequenced the virus's genes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#x7)
- But I have in one case altered the sequence of events putting the fight with the giant last." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Each number in a sequence is a «term». In maths: find the rule by looking at the difference between terms (5, 8, 11: add 3 each time; the next term is 14). A sequence has an order; a set does not.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sequence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sequence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sequence.html) on Mova free.