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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈsiːkwəl/,

Noun

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.

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Translations

Chinese:
: Mandarin: (xùjí)
Dutch: gevolg
Finnish: jatko-osa (1)
French: suite
German: Folge
Greek: συνέπεια (synépeia)
Hebrew:
Italian: seguito
Japanese: (zokuhen), (tsuzuki)
Korean:
: Hangul: 후편
: Romaja: hupyeon
Latin: consequentia narrativa
Spanish: secuela
Swedish: uppföljare

fr:sequel io:sequel hu:sequel pl:sequel pt:sequel fi:sequel ta:sequel te:sequel vi:sequel zh:sequel

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sequel \Se"quel\ (s[=e]"kw[e^]l), n. [L. sequela, fr. sequit to
follow: cf. F. s['e]quelle a following. See Sue to follow.]
1. That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as,
the sequel of a man's advantures or history.
[1913 Webster]

O, let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease,
fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin.
[1913 Webster]

3. Conclusion; inference. [R.] --Whitgift.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet sequel
n 1: something that follows something else [syn: subsequence]
2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
[syn: continuation]

Moby Dictionary
aftereffect , aftermath , alternation , by-product , chain , chasing ,
close , closing , conclusion , consecution , consequence , consequent ,
continuation , corollary , derivation , derivative , descendant ,
development , distillate , dogging , dynasty , effect , end , ending ,
event , eventuality , eventuation , finish , finishing , follow-up ,
following , fruit , harvest , heeling , heir , hounding , issue , legacy ,
line , lineage , logical outcome , offshoot , offspring , order ,
outcome , outgrowth , posterity , precipitate , product , progression ,
pursual , pursuance , pursuit , result , resultant , row , sequela ,
sequence , sequent , series , shadowing , successor , supplement ,
tailing , termination , trailing , train , upshot

SEQUEL Structured English QUEry Language (IBM, DB, SQL, predecessor)

FOLDOC Sequel

1. Precursor to SQL.

["System R: Relational Approach to Database Management", IBM
Res Lab, San Jose, reprinted in Readings in Database Systems].

2. U Leeds. Theorem prover specification language. Pattern
matching notation similar to Prolog. Compiled into Lisp.

[Proc ICJAI 13].

(ftp://agora.leeds.ac.uk/scs/logic/).