sequel

Plural: sequels

Noun

• Something that follows and serves as a continuation to a preceding work.
• something that follows something else
• a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
• The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
• A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
• Any text that continues on from another text.
• The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
• Thirlage.
• A person's descendants.

Examples

• His play felt like a SEQUEL to an earlier strategic move, continuing his attack on the triple-letter squares.

Synonyms

continuation, subsequence

Antonyms

prequel