sequel

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈsiːkwəl/ 🇺🇸 /ˈsiːkwəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A book, film, or other creative work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one.; A consequence or result of a previous event or action.; A continuation or subsequent part of something.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: sequels

Collocations

sequel todirect sequellong-awaited sequelmake a sequelfilm sequelbook sequel

Derivatives

sequelasequelaesequelize

Synonyms

continuationfollow-upsuccessorinstallmentfollow-on

Antonyms

prequeloriginal

Commonly confused

sequence
EN: 'Sequence' refers to an ordered series of events or items; 'sequel' specifically refers to a work that continues the story of an earlier one.
sequela
EN: 'Sequela' is a medical term for a condition resulting from a previous disease or injury; 'sequel' is a general term for a continuation of a creative work.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'sequel' with 'sequela' (a medical term) or 'sequence' (an ordered series). The word ends in '-el', not '-al' or '-ence'.

💬 Examples

  1. The sequel to the blockbuster movie was released three years later.

  2. The economic crisis was the sequel to years of reckless spending.

  3. The sequel to the story was even more exciting than the original.