Ladder and Sequence

Ladder

Ladder noun - A scheme of rank or order.

Usage example: their team placed third on the tournament ladder

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Sequence and ladder are semantically related. in graduated system topic. In some cases you can use "Sequence" instead a noun "Ladder".

Nearby Words: laddering, laddered

Sequence noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Ladder and sequence are semantically related. You can use "Ladder" instead a noun "Sequence".

particular	particular ladder	particular sequence
usual	usual ladder	usual sequence
short	short ladder	short sequence
original	original ladder	original sequence
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, big, little, bad, flying, next, last, different, aforementioned.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater plays this trope straight by inserting a vocals-only version of the game's theme song to an otherwise unremarkable ladder climbing sequence.

Source: Mundane Made Awesome / Video Games
In the title sequence for Hanna-Barbera's Lippy The Lion And Hardy Har Har, Lippy, holding Hardy by the collar, scales a tree up a ladder of spears that have been thrown at the pair by angry natives.

Source: Stepping-Stone Sword
An example of sequence breaking used in a speedrun: in , near the beginning of the chapter "Power Up" it's possible to create a makeshift ladder out of trip mines to climb the barrier blocking the railway, essentially skipping most of the chapter.

Source: Sequence Breaking

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