Synonyms for sequence

Synonyms for (noun) sequence

Synonyms: sequence, succession

Definition: the action of following in order

Usage: he played the trumps in sequence

Similar words: order, ordering

Definition: the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

Usage: there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list


Synonyms: sequence, episode

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

Similar words: film, photographic film

Definition: photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies


Synonyms: succession, successiveness, chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence

Definition: a following of one thing after another in time

Usage: the doctor saw a sequence of patients

Similar words: temporal arrangement, temporal order

Definition: arrangement of events in time


Synonyms: sequence

Definition: several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

Similar words: repeat, repetition

Definition: an event that repeats

Usage: the events today were a repeat of yesterday's


Synonyms: sequence

Definition: serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

Usage: the sequence of names was alphabetical; he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA

Similar words: series

Definition: similar things placed in order or happening one after another

Usage: they were investigating a series of bank robberies


Synonyms for (verb) sequence

Synonyms: sequence

Definition: arrange in a sequence

Similar words: place, range, rank, rate, grade, order

Definition: assign a rank or rating to

Usage: how would you rank these students?; The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide


Synonyms: sequence

Definition: determine the order of constituents in

Usage: They sequenced the human genome

Similar words: ascertain, find, find out, determine

Definition: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

Usage: find the product of two numbers; The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize


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