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sequel

  • noun
  • /ˈsiːkwəl/

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.

Other meanings

  1. a narrative work that follows-on and is set after an prior existing work.

  2. Any text that continues on from another text.

Related words

  • cheapquel
  • fivequel
  • fourquel
  • legacyquel
  • nonsequel
  • postquel
  • sequelisation
  • sequelise
  • sequelization
  • sidequel
  • spinquel
  • trequel

Word history

From Latin "sequēla".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sequel” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.