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series
[seer-eez]
noun
plural
seriesa group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
a number of games, contests, or sporting events, with the same participants, considered as a unit.
The two baseball clubs played a five-game series.
a set, as of coins or stamps.
a set of successive volumes or issues of a periodical published in like form with similarity of subject or purpose.
Radio and Television.
a daily or weekly program with the same cast and format and a continuing story, as a soap opera, situation comedy, or drama.
a number of related programs having the same theme, cast, or format.
a series of four programs on African wildlife.
Mathematics.
a sequence of terms combined by addition, as 1 + ½ + ¼ + ⅛ + … ½ n.
Rhetoric.a succession of coordinate sentence elements.
Geology.a division of stratified rocks that is of next higher rank to a stage and next lower rank to a system, comprising deposits formed during part of a geological epoch.
Electricity.an end-to-end arrangement of the components, as resistors, in a circuit so that the same current flows through each component.
Chemistry.a group of related chemical elements arranged in order of increasing atomic number.
the lanthanide series.
adjective
Electricity.consisting of or having component parts connected in series.
a series circuit; a series generator.
series
/ ˈsɪəriːz, -rɪz /
noun
a group or connected succession of similar or related things, usually arranged in order
a set of radio or television programmes having the same characters and setting but different stories
a set of books having the same format, related content, etc, published by one firm
a set of stamps, coins, etc, issued at a particular time
maths the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of numbers or quantities See also geometric series
electronics
a configuration of two or more components connected in a circuit so that the same current flows in turn through each of them (esp in the phrase in series )
( as modifier ) Compare parallel
a series circuit
rhetoric a succession of coordinate elements in a sentence
geology a stratigraphical unit that is a subdivision of a system and represents the rocks formed during an epoch
series
The sum of a sequence of terms, for example 2 + 2 2 + 2 3 + 2 4 + 2 5 + …
A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations.
Other Word Forms
- multiseries nounmultiseries
- subseries nounsubseries
- superseries nounsuperseries
Word History and Origins
Origin of series1
Word History and Origins
Origin of series1
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Example Sentences
The series already aired in NZ, with the New Zealand Herald saying it could be “the reality TV hit of the year”.
The opening batter was catapulted back into the Australian side in the 2021-22 Ashes series after Travis Head got Covid, and made hundreds in both innings which revived his international career.
A senior government source said the national inquiry would "co-ordinate a series of targeted local investigations".
The international market has also become more favorable to local content, meaning U.S.-made shows are now heavily competing with homegrown series.
The 44-year-old has embarked on a series of fundraising efforts inspired by his late teammate Rob Burrow, who died of the disease last year.
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