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Noun
/ˈsēkwəl/,
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sequels, plural;
  1. A published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one

  2. Something that takes place after or as a result of an earlier event
    • - this encouragement to grow potatoes had a disastrous sequel some fifty years later
  1. something that follows something else
  2. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
  3. A sequel is a work in literature, film, or other media that chronologically portrays events following those of a previous work.
  4. SQL (officially like "S-Q-L" but often like "sequel"), often referred to as Structured Query Language, is a database computer language designed for managing data in relational database management systems (RDBMS), and originally based upon relational algebra. ...
  5. Sequel is the ninth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). It was the last complete album released during Harry's lifetime. ...
  6. A sequel is a routine with no return value, where the name is looked up lexically and execution is continued at the end of the block in which the sequel is declared .
  7. Steinberg's Sequel is essentially a heavily stripped down and simplified version of Cubase. It has been called a Garageband clone as it features very similar functionality and interface as Apple's Garageband, which itself, is a heavily stripped down version of Logic, a competitor with Cubase.
  8. 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
  9. (Sequels) A New Alice in the Old Wonderland (1895) · New Adventures of Alice (1917) · Alice Through the Needle's Eye (1982) · Wonderland Revisited and the Games Alice Played There (2009)
  10. A complete literary work, which continues the narrative of an earlier composition. See trilogy.
  11. Oil used to smooth oceanic waves. Brand name. - e.g., Pouring Sequel on the ocean is like pouring oil over troubled waters.
  12. This one is relatively obvious. If the movie is a sequel to another movie then it gets a Skull. Randy said it best: "Sequels suck." This category now also applies to remakes, which are sort of like sequels . . . only worse.
  13. Major operations that follow the current major operation. Plans for these are based on the possible outcomes (victory, stalemate, or defeat) associated with the current operation. See FM 101-5.
  14. a book that continues the story of the first.
  15. A novel incorporating the same characters and often the same setting as a previous novel. Sometimes the events and situations involve a continuation of the previous novel and sometimes only the characters are the same and the events are entirely unrelated to the previous novel. ...
  16. Movie that presents the continuation of characters and/or events of a previously filmed movie.
  17. a continuation of an earlier book.
  18. Mad About Men (1954)