sequence

Definition

  • noun: the order in which things happen or should happen
  • noun: a hymn in irregular meter between the gradual and Gospel in masses for special occasions (as Easter)
  • verb: to arrange in a sequence
  • synonyms: succession, arrangement, sequel

Examples

  • After she dropped the photographs, they were 'out of sequence'. [=not in order, out of order]

  • He listened to the telephone messages 'in sequence'.

  • a 'sequence' of numbers/thoughts/poems/photographs

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Stop it! Just stop! Who are you? What are you talking about? Tell you what? Maybe who really killed him. The Fibonacci sequence. I believe Sauni're wrote it... ...so his investigation would include cryptographers. That's quite a leap, isn't it? No. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code
  • (..) Please, pardon the interruption. This is not the time. I received the crime-scene jpegs at headquarters... ...and I've deciphered the code. It's a Fibonacci sequence. That's the code Sauni're left on the floor. Headquarters sent me to explain, captain. It is the Fibonacci sequence. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code