Words / B2

SEEKW-uh-ns/ˈsiːkwəns/

A sequence is the order in which things follow, or a set of related events: a sequence of events; in sequence. Order is wider; series (already in the dictionary) can be looser. Give the sequence of events. Mix-up: consequence is a result; sequential is the adjective (already elsewhere). Do not jumble dates and call it a sequence.

Meaning

The order in which things follow one another; also a set of related events.

Examples

• “Give the sequence of events in the source, not a jumble of dates.”
• “A DNA sequence featured in the biology paper, which is the bases sense.”

Good to know

a sequence of; in sequence; sequence the + steps. Wider: order. Trap: consequence. History, methods, and biology. Order, not a result.

Near in meaning

order

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