"sequence" in the noun sense
1. 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. sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession
a following of one thing after another in time
"the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
3. sequence, episode
film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
4. 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
"sequence" in the verb sense
1. sequence
arrange in a sequence
2. sequence
determine the order of constituents in
"They sequenced the human genome"
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