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sequence

 
 
/ˈsiːkwəns/ noun

Definition

SERIES [C] a series of related events or things that have a particular order: the sequence of events that led to his death
ORDER [U] the order that events or things should happen or be arranged in: I got my slides mixed up and they appeared out of sequence.
(Definition of sequence noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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