"sequel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːkwəl/ Audio: en-us-sequel.ogg 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, {{der|en|frm|sequele}} Middle French sequele, {{der|en|la|sequēla}} Latin sequēla, {{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), sekuel (Italian), 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': 5 75 4 11 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 27 6 38 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 34 3 47 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 27 3 39 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 26 2 45 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 27 8 47 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 25 6 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 26 6 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 25 5 52 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 28 7 47 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 24 6 51 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 24 6 52 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 26 10 45 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 7 33 6 43 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 6 23 5 39 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 29 5 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 25 5 51 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 7 27 6 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 8 25 5 51 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 6 22 5 41 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 27 7 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 27 6 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 7 23 3 56 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 7 27 7 50 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 7 22 3 56 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 29 7 45 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 24 5 40 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 23 5 54 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 6 23 5 39 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 24 5 52 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 30 6 48 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 7 27 6 49 11
  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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "続編"
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          "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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        "(obsolete) A person's descendants."
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      "word": "spiritual sequel"
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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      "word": "續集"
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fortsetzung"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "συνέχεια"
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "המשך"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "sekuel"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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      "word": "seguito"
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      "roman": "zokuhen",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "続編"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "続き"
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      "roman": "hupyeon",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "후편"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sokpyeon",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "속편"
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      "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",
      "word": "consequentia narrativa"
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "susulan"
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      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "sekuel"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "paki ahumuri"
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oppfølger"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
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      "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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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "sequência"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "continuação"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sequela"
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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",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "продолже́ние"
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "pokračovanie"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
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      "word": "diel"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "epizóda"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "secuela"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "uppföljare"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe",
      "word": "kasumunod"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.