sequel
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English
Etymology
From Middle English sequele, sequelle, sequile, from Middle French sequele, sequelle and its etymon, Latin sequēla, from sequī (“to follow”). Doublet of sequela.
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sequel (plural sequels)
- (dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
- 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: , London: Nath Ponder , →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, , 1928, →OCLC, page 75:
- Now here Chriſtian was worſe put to it then in his fight with Apollyon, as by the ſequel you ſhall ſee.
- (narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
- (mathematics) The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
- 1964, Hans Freudenthal, “Lie Groups in the Foundations of Geometry”, in Advances in Mathematics, volume 1, number 2, page 146:
- In the sequel we restrict ourselves to “nice” cases without going into details about the nicety conditions which have to be fulfilled (see, e.g., Freudenthal [1]).
- (Scotland, historical) Thirlage.
- (obsolete) A person's descendants.
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Translations
a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe
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References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sequel (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sequel, from Middle English sequele, sequelle, sequile, from Middle French sequele, sequelle and its etymon, Latin sequēla, from sequī.
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sequel m inan
Declension
Declension of sequel