Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - sequence

(sequences) 1. A sequence of events or things is a number of events or things that come one after another in a particular order. ...the sequence of events which led to the murder. ...a dazzling sequence of novels by John Updike. = series N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. A particular sequence is a particular order in which things happen or are arranged. ...the colour sequence yellow, orange, purple, blue, green and white... The chronological sequence gives the book an element of structure. N-COUNT 3. A film sequence is a part of a film that shows a single set of actions. The best sequence in the film occurs when Roth stops at a house he used to live in. N-COUNT 4. A gene sequence or a DNA sequence is the order in which the elements making up a particular gene are combined. The project is nothing less than mapping every gene sequence in the human body. ...the complete DNA sequence of the human genome. N-COUNT: supp N