"sequel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːkwəl/ Audio: en-us-sequel.ogg [US] Forms: sequels [plural]
Rhymes: -iːkwəl Etymology: From Middle English sequele, sequelle, sequile, from Middle French sequele, sequelle and its etymon, Latin sequēla, from sequī (“to follow”). Doublet of sequela. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{inh|en|enm|sequele}} Middle English sequele, {{m|enm|sequelle}} sequelle, {{m|enm|sequile}} sequile, {{der|en|frm|sequele}} Middle French sequele, {{m|frm|sequelle}} sequelle, {{der|en|la|sequēla}} Latin sequēla, {{m|la|sequor|sequī|t=to follow}} sequī (“to follow”), {{doublet|en|sequela}} Doublet of sequela Head templates: {{en-noun}} sequel (plural sequels)
  1. (dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-sequel-en-noun-AWvLXE2l
  2. (narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own. Categories (topical): Narratology Translations (a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe): продължение (prodǎlženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), seqüela [feminine] (Catalan), 續集 (Chinese Mandarin), 续集 (xùjí) (Chinese Mandarin), vervolg [neuter] (Dutch), daŭrigo (Esperanto), sekvaĵo (Esperanto), jatko-osa (Finnish), suite [feminine] (French), Fortsetzung [feminine] (German), Folge [feminine] (German), συνέχεια (synécheia) [feminine] (Greek), המשך (hemsheikh) [masculine] (Hebrew), seguito [masculine] (Italian), 続編 (zokuhen) (alt: ぞくへん) (Japanese), 続き (tsuzuki) (alt: つづき) (Japanese), 후편 (hupyeon) (Korean), 속편 (sokpyeon) (Korean), consequentia narrativa (Latin), susulan (Malay), sekuel (Malay), paki ahumuri (Maori), berdewamî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), dûmahî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), oppfølger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), oppfølgar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sequel [masculine] (Polish), sequência [feminine] (Portuguese), continuação [feminine] (Portuguese), sequela [feminine] (Portuguese), продолже́ние (prodolžénije) (alt: кни́ги, фи́льма) [neuter] (Russian), си́квел (síkvɛl) [masculine] (Russian), pokračovanie [neuter] (Slovak), diel [masculine] (Slovak), epizóda [feminine] (Slovak), secuela [feminine] (Spanish), uppföljare [common-gender] (Swedish), kasumunod (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-sequel-en-noun-AqrRmS1y Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences Disambiguation of 'a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe': 6 78 6 7 4
  3. (mathematics) The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel". Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-sequel-en-noun-i0CPd5DR Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (Scotland, historical) Thirlage. Tags: Scotland, historical
    Sense id: en-sequel-en-noun-qZYGQSgD Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 24 10 34 19
  5. (obsolete) A person's descendants. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-sequel-en-noun-Lvj836EH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: midquel
Derived forms: direct sequel, distant sequel, interquel, midquel, prequel, pre-sequel, requel, sequel hook, sequelitis, sequelize, spiritual sequel, threequel

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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "jatko-osa"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "suite"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Fortsetzung"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Folge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "synécheia",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συνέχεια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hemsheikh",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "המשך"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "seguito"
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          "alt": "ぞくへん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zokuhen",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "word": "続編"
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          "alt": "つづき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsuzuki",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "word": "続き"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hupyeon",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "word": "후편"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sokpyeon",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "word": "속편"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "berdewamî"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "dûmahî"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "word": "consequentia narrativa"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "word": "susulan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "word": "sekuel"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "word": "paki ahumuri"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "oppfølger"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "oppfølgar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sequel"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sequência"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "continuação"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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          "alt": "кни́ги, фи́льма",
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          "roman": "prodolžénije",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
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          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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          "word": "diel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "epizóda"
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
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          "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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          "_dis1": "6 78 6 7 4",
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          "ref": "1964, Hans Freudenthal, “Lie Groups in the Foundations of Geometry”, in Advances in Mathematics, volume 1, number 2, page 146",
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        "(obsolete) A person's descendants."
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    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (follow)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for gender in Latin entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːkwəl",
    "Rhymes:English/iːkwəl/2 syllables"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "midquel"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "direct sequel"
    },
    {
      "word": "distant sequel"
    },
    {
      "word": "interquel"
    },
    {
      "word": "midquel"
    },
    {
      "word": "prequel"
    },
    {
      "word": "pre-sequel"
    },
    {
      "word": "requel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sequel hook"
    },
    {
      "word": "sequelitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "sequelize"
    },
    {
      "word": "spiritual sequel"
    },
    {
      "word": "threequel"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "seqüela",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: seqüela (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: seqüela (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "sequel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: sequel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: sequel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "си́квел",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: си́квел (síkvel)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: си́квел (síkvel)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "follow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sequele"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sequele",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sequelle"
      },
      "expansion": "sequelle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sequile"
      },
      "expansion": "sequile",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "sequele"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French sequele",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "sequelle"
      },
      "expansion": "sequelle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sequēla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sequēla",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sequor",
        "3": "sequī",
        "t": "to follow"
      },
      "expansion": "sequī (“to follow”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sequela"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of sequela",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sequele, sequelle, sequile, from Middle French sequele, sequelle and its etymon, Latin sequēla, from sequī (“to follow”). Doublet of sequela.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sequels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sequel (plural sequels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "aftermath",
          "aftermath"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Narratology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "narratology",
          "narratology"
        ],
        [
          "narrative",
          "narrative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "narratology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1964, Hans Freudenthal, “Lie Groups in the Foundations of Geometry”, in Advances in Mathematics, volume 1, number 2, page 146",
          "text": "In the sequel we restrict ourselves to “nice” cases without going into details about the nicety conditions which have to be fulfilled (see, e.g., Freudenthal [1]).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase \"in the sequel\"."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase \"in the sequel\"."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thirlage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Thirlage",
          "thirlage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland, historical) Thirlage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person's descendants."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "descendant",
          "descendant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A person's descendants."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːkwəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːkwəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-sequel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/En-us-sequel.ogg/En-us-sequel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-us-sequel.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prodǎlženie",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "продължение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seqüela"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "續集"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xùjí",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "续集"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vervolg"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "daŭrigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "sekvaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "jatko-osa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fortsetzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Folge"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synécheia",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συνέχεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hemsheikh",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "המשך"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seguito"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぞくへん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zokuhen",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "続編"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つづき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuzuki",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "続き"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hupyeon",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "후편"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sokpyeon",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "속편"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "berdewamî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dûmahî"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "consequentia narrativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "susulan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "sekuel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "paki ahumuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oppfølger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oppfølgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sequel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sequência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "continuação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sequela"
    },
    {
      "alt": "кни́ги, фи́льма",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodolžénije",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "продолже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "síkvɛl",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "си́квел"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pokračovanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epizóda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "uppföljare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "kasumunod"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sequel"
}

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