sequence
/ˈsiːkw(ə)ns/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsiːkw(ə)ns/
sequence
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
se - quence -> sequence
Myanmar meaning
(n) အစဉ်။ အစီအစဉ်။ ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်လမ်းဇာတ်ကွက်။ အမှီဝါကျကဏ္ဍကပင်မဝါကျကဏ္ဍကိုကြိယာကာလပြသဏ္ဌာန်အရမှီတွယ်ပုံနည်းဥပဒေ။ (n[pl]) ဇာတ်ကွက်များ
Full entry
၁။ [U,C] အစဉ်။ အစီအစဉ်။ describe the sequence of events (ie in the order in which they occurred) ❍ a sequence of dance movements ❍ a sequence of playing-cards (ie three or more next to each other in value, eg 10, 9, 8).
၂။ [C] (ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်လမ်း) ဇာတ်ကွက်။ a thrilling sequence that includes a car chase.
❏ the sequence of tenses n [sing] (grammar ) အမှီဝါကျကဏ္ဍက ပင်မဝါကျကဏ္ဍကို ကြိယာကာလပြသဏ္ဌာန်အရ မှီတွယ်ပုံနည်းဥပဒေ။
More examples
- A computer can store and repeat sequences of instructions.
- A dance sequence
- [the sequence of events] : Could you describe the exact sequence of events that evening?
- The words had to be put into the right sequence.
- [in sequence] : Are the numbers in sequence?
- [out of sequence] : Scenes of a film are often shot out of sequence.
- Action/dream sequences
- The famous opening sequence from Reservoir Dogs
Synonyms
series, succession, run, progression, chain, string, cycle, arrangement, array, categorization, catenation, classification, concatenation, consecution, consecutiveness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, course, disposition, distribution, flow, graduation, grouping, order, ordering, pecking order, perpetuity, placement, procession, row, sequel, skein, streak, structure, subsequence, successiveness, system, track, train
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