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How to spell sequence

Sequence is spelled S-E-Q-U-E-N-C-E.

hear itse·quence/'sikwəns/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: A following of one thing after another.

In a sentence: We put the story cards in the right sequence to tell the tale.

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Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: sequel, consequence, subsequence, sequential, frequency. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Sequence” comes from the Latin word “sequi,” meaning “to follow.” In filmmaking, this idea of “things that follow” became a technical term for a series of shots that follow each other to tell a part of the story.

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