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sequence
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SEQUENCE
1
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause <the attempt to help was a natural sequence to her charitable nature>
Synonyms aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
Related Words ramification; denouement (also dénouement), echo, implication, repercussion; afterclap, afterglow, aftershock; blowback, by-product, fallout, offshoot, ripple, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off
Near Antonyms consideration, determinant, factor; base, basis, foundation, ground, groundwork; impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, stimulus; mother, origin, root, source, spring
2
a series of things linked together <a sequence of events that no one predicted>
Synonyms catena, catenation, concatenation, consecution, nexus, progression, sequence, string, train
3
the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another <police are trying to reconstruct the sequence of events>
Related Words continuity; precedence, priority; chain, procession, progression, succession; series; aligning (also alining), alignment (also alinement), lining up; design, layout, pattern, structure, system
Near Antonyms confusion, disorder, disorganization, disruption, upset; disconnection, disjointedness
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