mindmap root((SEQU)) sequential 1、 Arranged in order or in a series.
2、 Following in a series.
🌱In writing the history of the revolution, his challenge was to put all the events of those fateful days in proper sequential order. 🌳Things in sequence, or regular order, are arranged sequentially.Most novels and films move sequentially, but some use techniques such as flashbacks that interrupt the movement forward in time. Sequential courses in college must follow each other in the proper order, just like sequential tasks or steps. subsequent Following in time, order, or place; later.
🌱Through all her subsequent love affairs, she never stopped thinking about the man who got away. 🌳The prefix sub- normally means "below," and the sub- in subsequent seems to imply that everything after the first is somehow inferior. As the definition states, subsequent can refer to time （"All our subsequent attempts to contact her failed"）, order （"The subsequent houses on the list looked even worse"）, or place （"The subsequent villages on the river heading east become steadily more primitive"）. But subsequently, as in "I subsequently learned the real story," simply means "later." consequential 1、 Resulting.
2、 Important.
🌱None of our discussions thus far has been very consequential; next week's meeting will be the important one. 🌳Something consequential follows or comes along with something else. The "resulting" meaning of consequential is usually seen in legal writing. For example, "consequential losses" are losses that supposedly resulted from some improper behavior, about which the lawyer's client is suing. But normally consequential means "significant" or "important," and it's especially used for events that will produce large consequences, or results. non sequitur A statement that does not follow logically from anything previously said.
🌱Rattled by the question, his mind went blank, and he blurted out a non sequitur that fetched a few laughs from members of the audience. 🌳Non sequitur is actually a complete sentence in Latin, meaning "It does not follow"—that is, something said or written doesn't logically follow what came before it. It was Aristotle who identified the non sequitur as one of the basic fallacies of logic—that is, one of the ways in which a person's reasoning may go wrong. For Aristotle, the non sequitur is usually a conclusion that doesn't actually result from the reasoning and evidence presented. Sometime when you're listening to politicians answering questions, see how many non sequiturs you can spot.