se ‧ quel /ˈsiːkwəl/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: sequelle , from Latin sequela , from sequi ; ⇨ ↑ sequence ]
1 . [countable] a book, film, play etc that continues the story of an earlier one, usually written or made by the same person ⇨ prequel :
‘Star Wars’ and its sequels
sequel to
She’s writing a sequel to her first novel.
2 . [countable usually singular] an event that happens as a result of something that happened before