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sequel

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsiːkw^əl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsikwəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sē′kwəl)

se•quel /ˈsikwəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Literaturea book, play, etc., that continues the story from a preceding work.
something that develops from something else:a sequel to the debate.

See -seq-.

se•quel (sē′kwəl),USA pronunciation n.

Literature, Show Businessa literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work.
an event or circumstance following something;
subsequent course of affairs.
a result, consequence, or inference.

Latin sequēla what follows, equivalent. to sequ(ī) to follow + -ēla noun, nominal suffix
late Middle English sequel(e) 1375–1425

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

sequel /ˈsiːkwəl/ n

anything that follows from something else; development
a consequence or result
a novel, play, etc, that continues a previously related story

Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin sequēla, from Latin sequī to follow

'sequel' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Borrow - continuation - Henryson - myalgic encephalopathy - seq. - sequela - Zellweger - consequence - Through the Looking-Glass - sequelize - sequence - subsequence

In Lists: Movie production terms, consequences, more...

Synonyms: consequence, continuation, progression, sequence, result, more...

Collocations: a [movie, book, story, play] sequel, the [movie's] [second] sequel, set the movie up for a sequel, more...

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