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Meaning of Sequel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsiːkwəl

Definitions

  1. The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
    dated
  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. 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.
  5. The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
  6. Thirlage.
    Scotland, historical
  7. A person's descendants.
    obsolete

Equivalents

العربية التكملة
Bahasa Indonesia sekuel ulasan
Italiano sequel
日本語 余談 後編 続き 続編
한국어 속편
Polski sequel
Српски nastavak наставак
Türkçe arka
Tiếng Việt tục biên

Examples

“Now here Chriſtian was worſe put to it then in his fight with Apollyon, as by the ſequel you ſhall ſee.”
“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.”
“It greatly resembles the Rabbinical account of the origin of the Mazckeen, which the reader will meet in the sequel.”
“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]).”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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