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se·quel

(sē′kwəl)

1. Something that follows as a continuation, especially a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative continues that of a preexisting work.

2. A result or consequence: "Our dreams are the sequel of our waking knowledge" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).

[Middle English sequele, from Old French sequelle, from Latin sequēla, from sequī, to follow; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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sequel

(ˈsiːkwəl)

1. anything that follows from something else; development

2. a consequence or result

3. a novel, play, etc, that continues a previously related story

[C15: from Late Latin sequēla, from Latin sequī to follow]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

se•quel

(ˈsi kwəl)

n.

1. a literary or filmic work that takes up and continues the narrative of a preceding work.

2. a subsequent development.

3. a result; consequence.

[1375–1425; late Middle English sequel(e) < Latin sequēla what follows =sequ(ī) to follow + -ēla n. suffix]

sequel

A major operation that follows the current major operation. Plans for a sequel are based on the possible outcomes (success, stalemate, or defeat) associated with the current operation. See also branch.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Sequel

a train of followers, 1420; a suite, 1572, a logical consequence; descendants.

Examples: sequel of hangers-on, 1552; of descendants 1572; of followers, 1420; of heirs and sequels, 1533; a sequel and route of worldly and gallant servants, 1491; of songs and rhapsodies, 1713.

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Noun	1.	sequel - something that follows something else subsequence final result, outcome, resultant, termination, result - something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio"
	2.	sequel - a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it continuation addendum, supplement, postscript - textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

sequel

noun

1. follow-up, continuation, development She is currently writing a sequel.

2. consequence, result, outcome, conclusion, end, issue, payoff (informal), upshot The arrests were a direct sequel to the investigations.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

sequel

noun

Something brought about by a cause:

aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, event, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequence, sequent, upshot.

Translations

تَتِمَّهنَتِيجَةنَتيجَه

další dílnásledekpokračování

fortsættelsekonsekvensfølge

Fortsetzung Folge

συνέχεια

secuela continuación

jatko-osa

suite aboutissement séquelles

nastavak

afleiîingframhald

seguito risultato

続篇

속편

sekasturpinājums

ďalší diel

fortsättning

เรื่องราวที่ติดตามมา

arka devam devamı netice sonuç

cuốn tiếp theo

续集结局

sequel

[ˈsiːkwəl] N

1. (= film, book) → continuación f

2. (= consequence) → consecuencia f, resultado m
it had a tragic sequel → tuvo un resultado trágico

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sequel

[ˈsiːkw^əl] n

(= film, book) → suite f
a sequel to sth → une suite à qch
She plans to make a sequel to the hit movie → Elle prévoit tourner la suite au film à succès.

(= event) → suites fpl
There was a strange sequel to these events → Ces événements ont eu des suites étranges.
to be a sequel to sth → faire suite à qch
The police said the clash was a sequel to yesterday's strike action → La police a déclaré que l'affrontement faisait suite à la grève d'hier.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sequel

n → Folge f → (to von); (of book, film) → Fortsetzung f → (to von); it had a tragic sequel → es hatte ein tragisches Nachspiel

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sequel

[ˈsiːkw/əl] n (of film, book) sequel (to) → seguito (di); (of event) → conseguenza (di), strascico (di)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sequel

(ˈsiːkwəl) noun

(sometimes with to).

1. a result or consequence. an unpleasant sequel to an incident.

2. a story that is a continuation of an earlier story. a sequel to a story about a boy called Matthew.

sequel

→ نَتِيجَة pokračování fortsættelse Fortsetzung συνέχεια continuación jatko-osa suite nastavak seguito 続篇 속편 vervolg fortsettelse dalszy ciąg continuação продолжение fortsättning เรื่องราวที่ติดตามมา devamı cuốn tiếp theo 续集

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Sequel: before noon, next day, he was in the college prison--booked for three months.

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As the first part of "An Old-Fashioned Girl" was written in 1869, the demand for a sequel, in beseeching little letters that made refusal impossible, rendered it necessary to carry my heroine boldly forward some six or seven years into the future.

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Fragment #1 -- Proclus, Chrestomathia, ii: The "Cypria", described in the preceding book, has its sequel in the "Iliad" of Homer, which is followed in turn by the five books of the "Aethiopis", the work of Arctinus of Miletus.

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It was but some few days after encountering the Frenchman, that a most significant event befell the most insignificant of the Pequod's crew; an event most lamentable; and which ended in providing the sometimes madly merry and predestinated craft with a living and ever accompanying prophecy of whatever shattered sequel might prove her own.

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As the sequel to what has already been said, we must proceed to consider what the poet should aim at, and what he should avoid, in constructing his plots; and by what means the specific effect of Tragedy will be produced.

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How long a time had fled since the children bad felt any curiousity to hear the sequel of this venerable chair's adventures!

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Nothing more stupid than that could have been devised, or more disastrous for the army, as the sequel showed.

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M'Dougal, will be substantially proved in the sequel.

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As will be seen later on, Pygmalion needs, not a preface, but a sequel, which I have supplied in its due place.

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Alexey Alexandrovitch had gained a brilliant victory at the sitting of the Commission of the 17th of August, but in the sequel this victory cut the ground from under his feet.

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IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS TIME ARRIVES

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The schoolroom piano broke into all gruesome fancies; and when that failed there were confabulations in corners, with a sequel of one of them going out in the highest spirits in order to "come in" as something new.

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