sequel

[US]/'siːkw(ə)l/
[UK]/'sikwəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a continuation or a conclusion of a previous work; a following event or consequence.

Phrases & Collocations

in the sequel

Example Sentences

The affair had a strange sequel.

Some important new characters appear in the sequel.

The rumour is that there is a sequel to the movie in the works, although this has not been confirmed.

The immediate sequel to the price rises was uprisings across the country.

this encouragement to grow potatoes had a disastrous sequel some fifty years later.

The Didot Perceval, named after the manuscript\'s former owner, and purportedly a prosification of Robert de Boron\'s sequel to Joseph d\'Arimathie.

Real-world Examples

Famine has often been the sequel of war.

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Yeah. We wish there was a sequel.

Source: Modern Family - Season 10

It's the sequel to Black Panther.

Source: Financial Times

I would also suggest checking out the short 2010 sequel Mei and the kittenbus.

Source: Anime news

And which of your movies would you most want to make a sequel of?

Source: 73 Quick Questions and Answers with Celebrities (Bilingual Selection)

If this novel ever has a sequel, the author himself might be a character.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Flight controllers celebrated the sequel to an orbital flight to the moon in 2008.

Source: PBS English News

The book completed in the 1950s is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Mockingbird.

Source: AP Listening March 2015 Collection

Chris Hemsworth has a sequel in the works, but it's not a new movie.

Source: AP Listening December 2013 Collection

" Quite so; but the sequel was rather unusual. I will tell you, however."

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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