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sequel

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkw(ə)l/

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Definition of sequel

noun

a published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one: the sequel toHome Alone The Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel
something that takes place after or as a result of an earlier event:this encouragement to grow potatoes had a disastrous sequel some fifty years later

Phrases

in the sequel: British formal as things develop: this modification of style, as will become clearer in the sequel, does not invalidate our earlier approach

Origin:

late Middle English (in the senses 'body of followers', 'descendants' and 'consequence'): from Old French sequelle or Latin sequella, from sequi 'follow'

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