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sequel

[see-kwuhl]

noun

  1. a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work.

  2. an event or circumstance following something; subsequent course of affairs.

  3. a result, consequence, or inference.

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sequel

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. anything that follows from something else; development

  2. a consequence or result

  3. a novel, play, etc, that continues a previously related story

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sequel

  1. A narrative or dramatic work complete in itself but designed to follow an earlier one. Through the Looking-Glass is a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sequel1

1375–1425; late Middle English sequel ( e ) < Latin ŧ what follows, equivalent to sequ ( ī ) to follow + noun suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sequel1

C15: from Late Latin ŧ, from Latin ī to follow
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Finishing the scripts for the “The Batman” sequel and “Wonder Woman” are among DC Studios’ top priorities, Gunn noted.

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Pen in hand, he crafted his own sequels to “Jaws” and “The Towering Inferno,” along with a series of imagined episodes for “The Six Million Dollar Man.”

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Gill now has a chance to script a sequel.

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The sequel will have a director and that director is not Brooks, perhaps because Brooks is 98 years old.

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Yet it still nabs some genre gems, often with something conceptually extra, recently including the meta “Magpie Murders” and its sequel, “Moonflower Murders.”

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