sequence

US: /ˈsikwəns/
UK: /sˈiːkwəns/


English Vietnamese dictionary


sequence /'si:kwəns/
  • danh từ
    • sự nối tiếp, sự liên tiếp, sự liên tục
      • important events occur in rapid sequence: những sự kiện quan trọng xảy ra liên tiếp
    • cảnh (trong phim)
    • (âm nhạc) phỏng chuỗi; khúc xêcăng
    • (ngôn ngữ học) sự phối hợp
      • sequence of tenses: sự phối hợp các thời
    • (tôn giáo) bài ca xêcăng
    • (đánh bài) chuỗi quân bài cùng hoa (nối tiếp nhau)
    • (toán học) dãy
      • sequence of function: dãy hàm
      • sequence of number: dãy số

Advanced English dictionary


noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a set of events, actions, numbers, etc. which have a particular order and which lead to a particular result: He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
2 [C, U] the order that events, actions, etc. happen in or should happen in: The tasks had to be performed in a particular sequence. + Number the pages in sequence. + These pages are out of sequence.
3 [C] a part of a film/movie that deals with one subject or topic or consists of one scene: the dream sequence in the middle of the movie
+ verb [VN] (technical) to arrange things into a sequence
sequencing noun [U]

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
succession, progression, order, series, chain, string, course, cycle, arrangement, organization, train, line, set, run, concatenation, system:
His description conflicts with the sequence of events as recorded by the video camera. Some of these dates are out of sequence.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

complete, whole | continuous | complex | correct | opening | closing | alphabetical, chronological, logical, natural, random
The article describes the chronological sequence of events.
| action, dance, dream, film | DNA, gene

VERB + SEQUENCE

complete
Complete the following sequence: 1, 4, 8, 13 …
| follow
We had to follow a complex sequence of movements.

PREP.

in ~
The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence.
| in a/the ~
The heroine dies in the closing sequence of the film.
| ~ of

PHRASES

a sequence of events


Concise English dictionary


sequences'sɪːkwəns
noun
+serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
+a following of one thing after another in time
+film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
+the action of following in order
+several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
verb
+arrange in a sequence
+determine the order of constituents in