ENGLISH: sequence - CREOLE: sekans



Overview of noun sequence



The noun sequence has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (13) 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")

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

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

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

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



Overview of verb sequence



The verb sequence has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) sequence -- (arrange in a sequence)

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

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