sequel — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.

   Gebrauch

   • veraltend

   Beispiele

   Now here Chriſtian was worſe put to it then in his fight with Apollyon, as by the ſequel you ſhall ſee.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   In its sixty-year history here, some 4,170 engines of the 4-6-0 type have been constructed. This is the vast sequel of that bold experimental step of the Highland Railway in 1894.

2. 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.

3. 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. Synonym of postquel; a narrative work that follows-on and is set after an prior existing work.

4. Any text that continues on from another text.

   Beispiele

   It greatly resembles the Rabbinical account of the origin of the Mazckeen, which the reader will meet in the sequel.

5. The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   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]).

6. Thirlage.

   Gebrauch

   • Scotland
   • historisch

7. A person's descendants.

   Gebrauch

   • außer Gebrauch

Substantiv

1. something that follows something else

   Synonyme

   subsequence

   Oberbegriffe

   resultresultantfinal resultoutcometermination

2. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

   Synonyme

   continuation

   Oberbegriffe

   addendumsupplementpostscript