sequence
/ˈsi.kwəns/ verb C2- To arrange (something) in an order. · We sequenced the code to keep it organised.· The later edition of the book sequenced the chapters differently, which caused a lot of confusion among non-technical readers.
- To determine the order of monomers in (a biological polymer), e.g. of amino acids in (a protein), or of bases in (a nucleic acid).
- To produce (music) with a sequencer.
- To proceed through a sequence or series of things.
He/she/it sequences · Past sequenced · Past participle sequenced · -ing form sequencing
Verb forms
- Base form
- sequence
- He/she/it
- sequences
- Past
- sequenced
- Past participle
- sequenced
- -ing form
- sequencing
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I had the good fortune to seize upon that, and everything which has occurred since then has served to confirm my original supposition, and, indeed, was the logical sequence of it.
“You can imagine, Watson, with what eagerness I listened to this extraordinary sequence of events, and endeavoured to piece them together, and to devise some common thread upon which they might all hang.
Now you clearly see the sequence of events, though you see them, of course, in the inverse order to the way in which they presented themselves to me.
Consider the long sequence of incidents which have all pointed to some sinister influence which is at work around us.
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