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sequel

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se=quel

CIDE DICTIONARY

sequeln. [L. sequela, fr. sequit to follow: cf. F. séquelle a following. See Sue to follow.].
  •  That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history.  [1913 Webster]
    "O, let me say no more!
    Gather the sequel by that went before.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Conclusion; inference.  Whitgift.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sequel, n.
1 what follows (esp. as a result).
2 a novel, film, etc., that continues the story of an earlier one.

Idiom
in the sequel as things developed afterwards.
Etymology
ME f. OF sequelle or L sequel(l)a f. sequi follow

THESAURUS

sequel

aftereffect, aftermath, alternation, by-product, chain, chasing, close, closing, conclusion, consecution, consequence, consequent, continuation, corollary, derivation, derivative, descendant, development, distillate, dogging, dynasty, effect, end, ending, event, eventuality, eventuation, finish, finishing, follow-up, following, fruit, harvest, heeling, heir, hounding, issue, legacy, line, lineage, logical outcome, offshoot, offspring, order, outcome, outgrowth, posterity, precipitate, product, progression, pursual, pursuance, pursuit, result, resultant, row, sequela, sequence, sequent, series, shadowing, successor, supplement, tailing, termination, trailing, train, upshot

ROGET THESAURUS

sequel

Sequel

N sequel, suffix, successor, tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear, retinue, suite, appendix, postscript, epilogue, peroration, codicil, continuation, sequela, appendage, tail piece, heelpiece, tag, more last words, colophon, aftercome, aftergrowth, afterpart, afterpiece, aftercourse, afterthought, aftergame, arriere pensee, second thoughts, outgrowth.

Posteriority

N posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time.


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