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Sequential Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Sequential has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

in regular succession without gaps

"serial concerts"

2

Succeeding or following in order.

"The students completed their math problems sequentially, starting from number one and working up to ten."

In plain English: Sequential means things happen one after another in that specific order.

"The instructions listed in sequential order made it easy to follow along without getting confused."

Example Sentences
"The instructions listed in sequential order made it easy to follow along without getting confused." adj
"The instructions were sequential, so I had to follow them in order from top to bottom." adj
"We arranged the photos sequentially to show exactly how our garden changed over the seasons." adj
"His sequential thinking helped him solve the puzzle by checking each clue one after another." adj
See Also
line number non sequential photostory production line dollar auction sequentialness plane scatter gather
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Origin

The word comes from the Latin sequentia, meaning a following or succession of events. It entered English with the suffix -al to describe something arranged one after another.

Rhyming Words
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