sequel
noun/ˈsiːkwəl/
/ˈsiːkwəl/
- sequel (to something) a book, film, play, etc. that continues the story of an earlier one
- a sequel to the hit movie ‘Gladiator’
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingc1, Film and theatrec1- Some important new characters appear in the sequel.
- The film has spawned five sequels to date.
- The new movie is a direct sequel to the first, picking up the story where the original left off.
- The result is a worthy sequel to the original book.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long-awaited
- forthcoming
- upcoming
- …
- do
- make
- work on
- …
- come out
- in a/the sequel
- sequel to
- [usually singular] sequel (to something) something that happens after an earlier event or as a result of an earlier event
- There was an interesting sequel to these events later in the year.
Extra Examples- The immediate sequel to the price rises was uprisings across the country.
- The affair had a strange sequel.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘body of followers’, ‘descendants’ and ‘consequence’): from Old French sequelle or Latin sequella, from sequi ‘follow’.
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