SEQUENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sequence mean? 

• SEQUENCE (noun)
  The noun SEQUENCE has 5 senses:

1. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

2. a following of one thing after another in time

3. film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

4. the action of following in order

5. several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

  Familiarity information: SEQUENCE used as a noun is common.

• SEQUENCE (verb)
  The verb SEQUENCE has 2 senses:

1. arrange in a sequence

2. determine the order of constituents in

  Familiarity information: SEQUENCE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEQUENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sequence"):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

string (a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.))

combination (a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock)

combination (a coordinated sequence of chess moves)

Fibonacci sequence (a sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers)

codon (a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid)

Derivation:

sequence (arrange in a sequence)

sequence (determine the order of constituents in)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A following of one thing after another in time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chronological sequence; chronological succession; sequence; succession; successiveness

Context example:

the doctor saw a sequence of patients

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

temporal arrangement; temporal order (arrangement of events in time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sequence"):

pelting; rain (anything happening rapidly or in quick successive)

rotation (a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.))

row (a continuous chronological succession without an interruption)

run (an unbroken chronological sequence)

Derivation:

sequence (arrange in a sequence)

sequence (determine the order of constituents in)

sequential (in regular succession without gaps)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

episode; sequence

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

film; photographic film (photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies)

Holonyms ("sequence" is a part of...):

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The action of following in order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sequence; succession

Context example:

he played the trumps in sequence

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

order; ordering (the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sequence"):

chess opening; opening (a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess)

alternation (successive change from one thing or state to another and back again)

Derivation:

sequence (arrange in a sequence)

sequential (in regular succession without gaps)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

repeat; repetition (an event that repeats)

• SEQUENCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sequence    ... he / she / it sequences   
Past simple: sequenced   
Past participle: sequenced   
-ing form: sequencing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange in a sequence

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "sequence" is one way to...):

grade; order; place; range; rank; rate (assign a rank or rating to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sequence (the action of following in order)

sequence (a following of one thing after another in time)

sequence (serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern)

sequencer (computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Determine the order of constituents in

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

They sequenced the human genome

Hypernyms (to "sequence" is one way to...):

ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sequence (a following of one thing after another in time)

sequence (serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern)

sequencer (computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence)

sequencer ((chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer)

 Context examples 

A short sequence of DNA, usually 1 to 4 basepairs (a unit of DNA), that is repeated together in a row along the DNA molecule.

(Microsatellite, NCI Dictionary)

A 23 ribonucleotide sequence that is a final product of the processing of either MIR29B1 pre-miRNA or MIR29B2 pre-miRNA.

(MicroRNA 29b, NCI Thesaurus)

One of two or more DNA sequences occurring at a particular gene locus.

(Allele, NCI Dictionary)

It then sorts them into a video sequence afterwards.

(World's Fastest Film Camera, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A variation in the amino acid sequence for the RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase protein.

(AKT1 Protein Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

A 20 ribonucleotide sequence that is a final product of the processing of either MIR124-1 pre-miRNA, MIR124-2 pre-miRNA or MIR124-3 pre-miRNA.

(MicroRNA 124, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientists are hoping to help answer that question through a clever combination of high-throughput genetic sequencing and natural-language-processing computer algorithms.

(Microbes are at work in our bodies, and researchers have figured out what they're up to, National Science Foundation)

It combines bisulfite treatment with next generation sequencing techniques.

(MethylC-Seq, NCI Thesaurus)

The sequence of amino acids along a polypeptide chain.

(Amino acid sequence, NCI Thesaurus)

Past studies have shown that tumor cells can be detected in blood and bone marrow by searching for tumor-specific gene sequences.

(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)