Trilogy
noun
A set of three related things - usually books, movies, or plays.
'The Lord of the Rings' is a famous trilogy written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Often appears as...
- book trilogy
- movie trilogy
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Literary,General
noun
A series of three related events or processes.
The trilogy of events led to significant changes in the company's policy.
Often appears as...
- trilogy of events
- trilogy of disasters
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Academic,General
noun
A set of three related things - usually books, movies, or plays.
'The Lord of the Rings' is a famous trilogy written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Often appears as...
- book trilogy
- movie trilogy
Usage tips
Literary,General
noun
A series of three related events or processes.
The trilogy of events led to significant changes in the company's policy.
Often appears as...
- trilogy of events
- trilogy of disasters
Usage tips
Academic,General
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Complete Set
A trilogy is always three parts; they complete a story arc or thematic connection.
After reading the first book, I can't wait to finish the entire trilogy.
Pro Tip 2/3Same Characters
In most trilogies, the main characters remain the same across all three parts.
The characters develop over the course of the trilogy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Phenomenon
Popular trilogies can create significant cultural impact and fan communities.
The Matrix trilogy garnered a huge following and cultural significance.
Pro Tip 1/3Complete Set
A trilogy is always three parts; they complete a story arc or thematic connection.
After reading the first book, I can't wait to finish the entire trilogy.
Pro Tip 2/3Same Characters
In most trilogies, the main characters remain the same across all three parts.
The characters develop over the course of the trilogy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Phenomenon
Popular trilogies can create significant cultural impact and fan communities.
The Matrix trilogy garnered a huge following and cultural significance.
Pro Tip 1/3Complete Set
A trilogy is always three parts; they complete a story arc or thematic connection.
After reading the first book, I can't wait to finish the entire trilogy.
Pro Tip 2/3Same Characters
In most trilogies, the main characters remain the same across all three parts.
The characters develop over the course of the trilogy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Phenomenon
Popular trilogies can create significant cultural impact and fan communities.
The Matrix trilogy garnered a huge following and cultural significance.
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Rives: The Museum of...
I would just be watching an old movie, and this would happen. Groucho Charlie, you should have come to the first party. We didn't get home till around four in the morning. My roommates would have the TV on, and this would happen. George Oh boy, I was up til four in the morning watching that Omen trilogy.
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Atlantic Territories...
ticket to travel anywhere in the world where would you go tell us what you will do what while you were there and why you picked it I would go to New Zealand to visit all the diverse ecosystems and also I would visit the sets of the lord of the rings trilogy because they were
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Why should you read...
The only alternative they offer is sterilization of the entire human race. Should humanity take the leap into the biological unknown, or hold on to its identity and perish? Questions like this haunt Octavia Butler’s "Dawn," the first in her trilogy "Lilith’s Brood."
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The myth of the gay...
trilogy was based on a play about this drag queen who essentially was looking for love love or respect that's what the whole film was about and as I'm watching I'm realizing that they're talking about me not the drag queen part I'm not
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Technology makes way for...
understand foreign cultures is often through film when people are making love or making war you can tell something about them this film Hong Kong made film so trilogy fantastically enormous Lee well made and was reversions of scores
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Digital humanitarianism...
from this devastation came something that we call terror the trilogy emergency response application which has been used to support the aid effort ever since it has been used to help communities prepare for disasters is
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Are Elvish, Klingon,...
And let's not forget the Elvish languages in J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, especially since that was the official grandfather of the fantasy conlangs. "Conlang" is short for "constructed language."
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Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
I couldn't relate to these stories preoccupied with xenophobia, colonization and seeing aliens as others. And I saw no reflection of anyone who looked like me in those narratives. In the "Binti" novella trilogy,
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Neil on Back to the...
sci-fi geeks surely know this but I don't know how widespread it is in the rest of the population that the second installment of the Back to the Future trilogy there's a scene that takes place
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How healthy living...
I got both of them. So there was the topiary there. And there's the sheep. Now the final part of the trilogy was I wanted to focus on the body and try to be the healthiest person I could be,
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Rives: The Museum of...
I would just be watching an old movie, and this would happen. Groucho Charlie, you should have come to the first party. We didn't get home till around four in the morning. My roommates would have the TV on, and this would happen. George Oh boy, I was up til four in the morning watching that Omen trilogy.
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Atlantic Territories...
ticket to travel anywhere in the world where would you go tell us what you will do what while you were there and why you picked it I would go to New Zealand to visit all the diverse ecosystems and also I would visit the sets of the lord of the rings trilogy because they were
Video examples
Why should you read...
The only alternative they offer is sterilization of the entire human race. Should humanity take the leap into the biological unknown, or hold on to its identity and perish? Questions like this haunt Octavia Butler’s "Dawn," the first in her trilogy "Lilith’s Brood."
Video examples
The myth of the gay...
trilogy was based on a play about this drag queen who essentially was looking for love love or respect that's what the whole film was about and as I'm watching I'm realizing that they're talking about me not the drag queen part I'm not
Video examples
Technology makes way for...
understand foreign cultures is often through film when people are making love or making war you can tell something about them this film Hong Kong made film so trilogy fantastically enormous Lee well made and was reversions of scores
Video examples
Digital humanitarianism...
from this devastation came something that we call terror the trilogy emergency response application which has been used to support the aid effort ever since it has been used to help communities prepare for disasters is
Video examples
Are Elvish, Klingon,...
And let's not forget the Elvish languages in J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, especially since that was the official grandfather of the fantasy conlangs. "Conlang" is short for "constructed language."
Video examples
Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
I couldn't relate to these stories preoccupied with xenophobia, colonization and seeing aliens as others. And I saw no reflection of anyone who looked like me in those narratives. In the "Binti" novella trilogy,
Video examples
Neil on Back to the...
sci-fi geeks surely know this but I don't know how widespread it is in the rest of the population that the second installment of the Back to the Future trilogy there's a scene that takes place
Video examples
How healthy living...
I got both of them. So there was the topiary there. And there's the sheep. Now the final part of the trilogy was I wanted to focus on the body and try to be the healthiest person I could be,
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Julie Kenner
American Author
I know authors shouldn't play favorites with books, but 'Release Me' really is right up there for me. The characters truly came alive on the page and drove the story as much as I did from behind the scenes. It was a pleasure to write, and I'm so thrilled that it's the first of a trilogy because I get to spend more time with the characters.
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N. K. Jemisin
American Writer
My first series, the 'Inheritance' trilogy, in the first book, you were dealing with a woman of color from an impoverished culture, being brought up among wealthy, privileged white people and having to cope and perform in ways that she has not been raised to do, and that was obviously drawn from some personal experiences.
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Ann Leckie
American Author
Occasionally, I hear grumbles about everything being a series or a trilogy, but apart from the question of them maybe selling more books, I think that there's a real problem in trying to introduce a new world or a new concept while also getting your reader to pay close attention to your characters and themes.
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Adrian McKinty
Irish Novelist
I love the trilogy form. I like the idea that you can establish a character in book one. And then in the second part, you can take the characters down to their darkest point. And then in the third part, you have total freedom either to give them redemption - or just to kill them.
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Rupi Kaur
Canadian Poet
I want to create a collection, almost like a trilogy of sorts. Whereas 'Milk and Honey' was very much like holding a mirror up to yourself, the second book is turning that mirror around and fixing it on the world. The book is a reflection of the times we are in.
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Lisa McMann
American Author
One of my favorite ways to write paranormal, as in the 'Wake' trilogy, is to write very normal characters with just a hint of something other-worldly. Like somewhere, maybe, someone really can get sucked into other people's dreams.
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Alyson Hannigan
American Actress
This is what I always wanted to do in my entire life, so I am not going to sit here and complain that it is so terrible to be in successful movies, because it becomes a trilogy!
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Lynn Abbey
American Author
Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy.
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The Weeknd
Canadian Musician
I probably could have toured off 'Trilogy' for the rest of my life. It definitely changed the culture. No one can do a trilogy again without thanking The Weeknd.
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Chuck Hogan
American Author
One pleasure of working on a trilogy is watching characters warp and grow over time.
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Julie Kenner
American Author
I know authors shouldn't play favorites with books, but 'Release Me' really is right up there for me. The characters truly came alive on the page and drove the story as much as I did from behind the scenes. It was a pleasure to write, and I'm so thrilled that it's the first of a trilogy because I get to spend more time with the characters.
Quote examples
N. K. Jemisin
American Writer
My first series, the 'Inheritance' trilogy, in the first book, you were dealing with a woman of color from an impoverished culture, being brought up among wealthy, privileged white people and having to cope and perform in ways that she has not been raised to do, and that was obviously drawn from some personal experiences.
Quote examples
Ann Leckie
American Author
Occasionally, I hear grumbles about everything being a series or a trilogy, but apart from the question of them maybe selling more books, I think that there's a real problem in trying to introduce a new world or a new concept while also getting your reader to pay close attention to your characters and themes.
Quote examples
Adrian McKinty
Irish Novelist
I love the trilogy form. I like the idea that you can establish a character in book one. And then in the second part, you can take the characters down to their darkest point. And then in the third part, you have total freedom either to give them redemption - or just to kill them.
Quote examples
Rupi Kaur
Canadian Poet
I want to create a collection, almost like a trilogy of sorts. Whereas 'Milk and Honey' was very much like holding a mirror up to yourself, the second book is turning that mirror around and fixing it on the world. The book is a reflection of the times we are in.
Quote examples
Lisa McMann
American Author
One of my favorite ways to write paranormal, as in the 'Wake' trilogy, is to write very normal characters with just a hint of something other-worldly. Like somewhere, maybe, someone really can get sucked into other people's dreams.
Quote examples
Alyson Hannigan
American Actress
This is what I always wanted to do in my entire life, so I am not going to sit here and complain that it is so terrible to be in successful movies, because it becomes a trilogy!
Quote examples
Lynn Abbey
American Author
Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy.
Quote examples
The Weeknd
Canadian Musician
I probably could have toured off 'Trilogy' for the rest of my life. It definitely changed the culture. No one can do a trilogy again without thanking The Weeknd.
Quote examples
Chuck Hogan
American Author
One pleasure of working on a trilogy is watching characters warp and grow over time.
Example 1 of 10
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