sequel
[noun]
Synonyms:
- follow-up, continuation, development
- consequence, conclusion, end, outcome, result, upshot

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Related Words: end, ending, termination, close, closing, finish, finishing, continuation, development, aftermath, outcome, result

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

se‧quel /ˈsiːkwəl/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: sequelle, from Latin sequela, from sequi; ⇒ sequence]

1. [countable] a book, film, play etc that continues the story of an earlier one, usually written or made by the same person ⇒ prequel:
‘Star Wars’ and its sequels
sequel to
She’s writing a sequel to her first novel.

2. [countable usually singular] an event that happens as a result of something that happened before

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sequel
noun
I. to a book, film, etc.
VERB + SEQUEL do, make, write He's been asked to make a sequel to ‘Peter Pan’.
PREP. in a/the~ Some important new characters appear in the sequel.
~ to

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sequel
II. sth that happens after sth else
ADJ. immediate | strange, unexpected
VERB + SEQUEL have The affair had a strange sequel.
PREP. ~ to The immediate sequel to the price rises was uprisings across the country.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲