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a series of things linked together<the chain of events that led the American colonies to seek independence from Great Britain>Synonymsconcatenation, progression, sequence, string, trainRelated Wordschain reaction; belt, circle, cycle; continuum, gamut, scale, spectrum; flow, river, stream; file, line, queue, row, succession
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something that makes movement or progress more difficult<this community will grow and prosper only after it has thrown off the chains of ignorance and prejudice>— see encumbrance
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something that physically prevents free movement<chains on the prisoner's ankles>— see bond 1
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