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Sequence

The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

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Narrower term 11

Alternation 76% connected

The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurre…

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Combination 76% connected

The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

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Factor 76% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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gene 76% connected

A segment of DNA that carries genetic information for a specific trait

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Pelting 76% connected

of Pelt

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Rain 76% connected

Reign.

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Rotation 76% connected

The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a dista…

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Row 76% connected

Rough; stern; angry.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

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Ascertain 76% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Film 76% connected

A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Grade 76% connected

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Ordering 76% connected

of Order

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Rank 76% connected

Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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Repeat 76% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

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Repetition 76% connected

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Succession 74% connected

The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succe…

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Succession 74% connected

The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succe…

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Containing whole 4

Film 70% connected

A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

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Flick 70% connected

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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Pic 70% connected

A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

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Picture 70% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Synonym 3

Episode 92% connected

A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digr…

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Succession 92% connected

The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Successiveness 92% connected

The quality or state of being successive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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