sequence

1. 1.

   arrange in a sequence

   Broaderrate
2. 2.

   determine the order of constituents in

   “They sequenced the human genome”

   Broaderdetermine

Other forms of sequence

plural

sequences·

past tense

sequenced·

present participle

sequencing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sequence

What does sequence mean?

sequence means "serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sequence?

sequence has 2 syllables: seq-uence. The stress falls on "seq". In IPA it is /ˈsikwəns/.

What is another word for sequence?

Close synonyms include chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession, episode. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sequence a common word?

sequence is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sequence?

1 word rhymes with sequence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.