sequel
Other forms: sequels
A sequel is a continuation or part two. The Empire Strikes Back and Toy Story 2 are sequels. Many successful movies have sequels.
The most common meaning of sequel is for a book or movie that follows another, but the term can be used for just about anything that comes second. We might say of an actress who begins her career with a bang, "What will she do for a sequel?" A football team that wins a championship may have trouble with the sequel — trying to win another one next year. All sequels have a tough challenge — living up to the original.
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something that follows something elsesynonyms: subsequence
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a part added to a book or play that continues and extends itsynonyms: continuationantonyms:prequela creative work that relates events taking place before those of an existing worktype of:addendum, postscript, supplementtextual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
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Vocabulary lists containing sequel
Groundhog Day is all about the future — whether there will be six more weeks of winter. It has also come to mean the endless repetition of the same day. Learn these words to describe things that keep repeating.
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