A miserable sequence of defeats discouraged us.
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Sequence
//ˈsiːkwəns//
Synonyms for "sequence" (156 found)
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Strong matches (46)
Related words (78)
latenesslegacylinelineagelogical outcomemonotonenext lifenexusoffshootoffspringorderorderingorderlinessorganizationoutcomeoutgrowthpatternpendulumperiodicityplace
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Noun(5 words)
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8 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
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etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriesmeronym
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
147 translations across 50 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συνέχεια noun (set of things in a set order)
Arabic
3 entries- مُتَتَابِعَة noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- مُتَتَالِيَة noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- مُتَوَالِيَة noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Armenian
1 entries- հաջորդականություն noun (set of things in a set order)
Asturian
1 entries- socesión noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ardıcıllıq noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Bulgarian
4 entries- епизод noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
- поредица noun (set of things in a set order)
- последователност noun (meld of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit)
- ред noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Catalan
4 entries- seqüència noun (set of things in a set order)
- seqüència noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- seqüència noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
- successiò noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 序列 noun (set of things in a set order)
- 數列 /数列 noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- 順序 /顺序 noun (set of things in a set order)
Czech
4 entries- posloupnost noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- sekvence noun (set of things in a set order)
- sled noun (set of things in a set order)
- řada noun (set of things in a set order)
Danish
4 entries- følge noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- rækkefølge noun (set of things in a set order)
- sekvens noun (set of things in a set order)
- sekvens noun (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings)
Dutch
3 entries- reeks noun (set of things in a set order)
- rij noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- volgorde noun (set of things in a set order)
Esperanto
1 entries- sekvenco noun (set of things in a set order)
Finnish
4 entries- jono noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- lukujono noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- sarja noun (set of things in a set order)
- sekvenssi noun (set of things in a set order)
French
4 entries- suite noun (set of things in a set order)
- suite noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- suite noun (meld of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit)
- séquence noun (set of things in a set order)
Galician
4 entries- secuencia noun (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated)
- secuencia noun (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings)
- secuencia noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- sucesión noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Georgian
2 entries- მიმდევრობა noun (set of things in a set order)
- რიგი noun (set of things in a set order)
German
4 entries- Folge noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- Reihenfolge noun (set of things in a set order)
- Sequenz noun (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated)
- Sequenz noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 noun (set of things in a set order)
Greek
4 entries- ακολουθία noun (set of things in a set order)
- ακολουθία noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- αλληλουχία noun (set of things in a set order)
- σειρά noun (set of things in a set order)
Hebrew
2 entries- סדרה noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- רצף noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
Hungarian
4 entries- sor noun (set of things in a set order)
- sorozat noun (set of things in a set order)
- sorozat noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- sorrend noun (set of things in a set order)
Irish
3 entries- seicheamh noun (set of things in a set order)
- seicheamh noun (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated)
- seicheamh noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Italian
4 entries- sequenza noun (set of things in a set order)
- sequenza noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- sequenza noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
- successione noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Japanese
2 entries- 数列 noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- 順序 noun (set of things in a set order)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thá-îe noun (set of things in a set order)
Khmer
1 entries- លំដាប់ noun (set of things in a set order)
Korean
2 entries- 순서 noun (set of things in a set order)
- 시퀀스 noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
Latin
1 entries- seriēs noun (set of things in a set order)
Latvian
1 entries- secība noun (set of things in a set order)
Macedonian
2 entries- низа noun (set of things in a set order)
- редослед noun (set of things in a set order)
Malay
1 entries- turutan noun (set of things in a set order)
Māori
4 entries- hātepe noun (set of things in a set order)
- raupapa noun (set of things in a set order)
- raupapatanga noun (set of things in a set order)
- whakaraupapa verb (to arrange in an order)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- følge noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سلسله noun (set of things in a set order)
Persian
2 entries- توالی noun (set of things in a set order)
- سکانس noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
Polish
4 entries- bieg noun (set of things in a set order)
- ciąg noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- kolejność noun (set of things in a set order)
- sekwencja noun (set of things in a set order)
Portuguese
4 entries- sequência noun (set of things in a set order)
- sequência noun (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated)
- sequência noun (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings)
- sequência noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Romanian
2 entries- secvență noun (set of things in a set order)
- șir noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Russian
4 entries- очерёдность noun (set of things in a set order)
- после́довательность noun (set of things in a set order)
- после́довательность noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- ряд noun (set of things in a set order)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- leanmhainn noun (set of things in a set order)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- niz noun (set of things in a set order)
- redosled noun (set of things in a set order)
Sicilian
1 entries- sichitanza noun (set of things in a set order)
Slovene
3 entries- niz noun (set of things in a set order)
- sekvenca noun (set of things in a set order)
- zaporedje noun (set of things in a set order)
Spanish
3 entries- secuencia noun (set of things in a set order)
- secuencia noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
- sucesión noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Swedish
2 entries- följd noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- sekvens noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
Tagalog
2 entries- datig noun (set of things in a set order)
- datig noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Thai
2 entries- ลำดับ noun (set of things in a set order)
- ลำดับ noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
Turkish
2 entries- dizi noun (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects)
- sekans noun (series of shots that depict a single action or style)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dãy noun (set of things in a set order)
Walloon
2 entries- etchinnmint noun (set of things in a set order)
- shûte noun (set of things in a set order)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Nobody could remember the sequence of events.
Source: tatoeba (276635)
Each sheet bears a number in sequence.
Source: tatoeba (324857)
Without loss of generality, we can say that the sequence converges to zero.
Source: tatoeba (580787)
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