sequel

From Middle French séquelle [1], from Latin sequela, from sequi (“to follow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkwəl/

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• Rhymes: -iːkwəl

sequel (plural sequels)

1. (dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
   • 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress:

     Now here Christian was worse put to it than in his fight with Apollyon, as by the sequel you shall see.

2. (narratology) 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.
3. (mathematics) The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
   • 1964, Hans Freudenthal, “Lie Groups in the Foundations of Geometry”, in Advances in Mathematics, volume 1, number 2, page 146:

     In the sequel we restrict ourselves to “nice” cases without going into details about the nicety conditions which have to be fulfilled (see, e.g., Freudenthal [1]).

4. (Scotland, historical) Thirlage.
5. (obsolete) A person's descendants.

• prequel

• midquel

Unadapted borrowing from English sequel, from Middle French séquelle, from Latin sequela, from sequi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.kwɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ikwɛl
• Syllabification: se‧quel

sequel m inan

1. (narratology) sequel

• sequel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sequel in Polish dictionaries at PWN