Sequel Definition

sēkwəl
sequels
noun
sequels
Something that follows; anything subsequent or succeeding; continuation.
Webster's New World
A result or consequence.
Webster's New World
A literary work, film, etc. complete in itself but continuing a story begun in an earlier work, film, etc.
Webster's New World

(narratology) 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.

Wiktionary

Plural form of sequela.

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Noun

Singular:
sequel
Plural:
sequels

Origin of Sequel

  • Middle English sequele from Old French sequelle from Latin sequēla from sequī to follow sekw-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sequela, from sequi (“to follow").

    From Wiktionary

Sequel Sentence Examples

  • But the sequel of the events is not certain.

  • The sequel was startling.

  • In 1893 Stevenson published the important Scottish romance of .Catriona., written as a sequel to Kidnapped, and the three tales illustrative of Pacific Ocean character, Island Nights' Entertainments.

  • The sequel of the tale is told in the Oedipus Coloneus.

  • Unfortunately for him, as will appear in the sequel, it seems not to have occurred to him to use any of the results he obtained as the basis of a classification.

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Words Starting With

SSESEQ

Words Ending With

LELUEL

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Words Starting With S and Ending With L

Starts With S & Ends With LStarts With SE & Ends With LStarts With S & Ends With EL

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With L