se·ries (sîr  z)n. pl. series Idiom: 1. A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession. 2. A set of stamps, coins, or currency issued in a particular period. 3. Physics & Chemistry A group of objects related by linearly varying successive differences in form or configuration: a radioactive decay series; the paraffin alkane series. 4. Mathematics The sum of a sequentially ordered finite or infinite set of terms. 5. Geology A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations. 6. Grammar A succession of coordinate elements in a sentence. 7. a. A succession of usually continuously numbered issues or volumes of a publication, published with related authors or subjects and similar formats. b. A succession of regularly aired television programs, each one of which is complete in and of itself. 8. a. Sports A number of games played by the same two teams, often in succession. b. Baseball The World Series. 9. Linguistics A set of vowels or diphthongs related by ablaut, as in sing, sang, sung, and song. in series In an arrangement that forms a series. [Latin seri s, from serere, to join; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: series, succession, progression, sequence, chain, train, string These nouns denote a number of things placed or occurring one after the other. Series refers to like, related, or identical things arranged or occurring in order: a series of days; a series of facts. In a succession the elements follow each other, generally in order of time and without interruption: a succession of failures. A progression reveals a definite pattern of advance: a geometric progression. In a sequence elements are ordered in a way that indicates a causal, temporal, numerical, or logical relationship or a recurrent pattern: a natural sequence of ideas. In a chain the elements are closely linked or connected: the chain of command; a chain of proof. Train can apply to a procession or to a sequence of ideas or events: a train of mourners; my train of thought. A string consists of similar or uniform elements likened to objects threaded on a long cord: a string of islands; a string of questions. Usage Note: Series is both a singular and a plural form. When it has the singular sense of "one set," it takes a singular verb, even when series is followed by of and a plural noun: A series of lectures is scheduled. When it has the plural sense of "two or more sets," it takes a plural verb: Two series of lectures are scheduled: one for experts and one for laypeople. |
series
Noun
pl -ries
1. a group or succession of related things
2. a set of radio or television programmes dealing with the same subject, esp. one having the same characters but different stories
3. Maths the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of numbers or quantities
4. Electronics an arrangement of two or more components connected in a circuit so that the same current flows in turn through each of them: a number of resistors in series
5. Geol a set of layers that represent the rocks formed during an epoch [Latin: a row]
| series (sîrz) 1. The sum of a sequence of terms, for example 2 + 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + ... 2. A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations. |
Series a number of things or events linked by some factor. See also chain.
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"Stations, Stations of the Cross - (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary chain, concatenation - a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" cordon - a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing course, line - a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" cycle - a series of poems or songs on the same theme; "Schubert's song cycles" electrochemical series, electromotive force series, electromotive series - a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions; the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series hierarchy - a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values" ordering, ordination, order - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" nexus - a connected series or group patterned advance, progression - a series with a definite pattern of advance blizzard, rash - a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits" sequence - serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA" train, string - a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought" succession - a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures" wave train - a succession of waves spaced at regular intervals helium group - the series of inert gases actinide series - (chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium lanthanide series - the rare-earth elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71; having properties similar to lanthanum |
| 2. | series - a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series" soap opera - a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products) tetralogy - a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels) | |
| 3. | series - a periodical that appears at scheduled times instalment, installment - a part of a published serial periodical - a publication that appears at fixed intervals semiweekly - a periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year) weekly - a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year) semimonthly - a periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year) monthly - a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year) quarterly - a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year) bimonthly - a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year) biweekly - a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year) | |
| 4. | series - (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; "the visiting team swept the series" contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants home stand - a series of successive games played at a team's home field or court World Series - series that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship; "we watched the World Series on TV" | |
| 5. | series - (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other; "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors" electronics - the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices connection, connexion, connectedness - a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" | |
| 6. | series - a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection; "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies" | |
| 7. | series - (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions multinomial, polynomial - a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms power series - the sum of terms containing successively higher integral powers of a variable convergency, convergence - the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit divergency, divergence - an infinite series that has no limit geometric series - a geometric progression written as a sum Fourier series - the sum of a series of trigonometric expressions; used in the analysis of periodic functions math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement exponential series - a series derived from the expansion of an exponential expression |
series
noun 1. sequence, course, chain, succession, run, set, line, order, train, arrangement, string, progression
noun 2. drama, serial, soap (informal) sitcom (informal) soap opera, soapie or soapie Austral. (slang) situation comedy
Translations
n series [ˈsiəriːz]
a number of usually similar things done, produced etc one after another a series of brilliant scientific discoveries; Are you watching the television series on Britain's castles?; a series of school textbooks. reeks سِلْسِلَه серия řada, série række; -række; serie; -serie die Serien (pl.) σειρά, διαδοχή παρόμοιων πραγμάτων serie sari مجموعه sarja série סִדרָה तांता, अनुक्रम serija, niz sorozat seri röð, sería, syrpa serie ひと続き 연속［연재］물, 총서 serija, serialas sērija; seriāls siri serie rekke, serie, føljetong seria, serial série serie серия rad, séria, edícia zaporedje; vrsta; nanizanka serija serie อนุกรม; ลำดับ; ชุด dizi 連續、系列 серія; цикл سلسلہ loạt, dãy, chuỗi,đợt 连续、系列
adj serial [-riəl]
1 of or in a series serial numbers on banknotes. reeksagtig مُتَسَلْسِل сериен pořadový serie- laufend σειριακός en serie, consecutivo seeria- ترتيبي sarja- de/en série סִדרָה क्रमबद्ध serijski sorozat- seri sem er skipað eftir númerum di serie 連続の 연속의, 일련의 serijinis, paeiliui einantis sērijas-; sērijveida bersiri serie{#169} serie-, rekke kolejny, seryjny de série de/în serie серийный poradový zaporeden serijski serie- เลขหมายประจำ seri, dizi hâlinde 連續的 серійний سلسلہ وار theo từng dãy 连续的
2 (of a story etc) published or broadcast in parts. reeksagtig مُسَلْسَل пореден na pokračování serie- fortlaufend σε συνέχειες που παρουσιάζεται seriado, en capítulos järje- دنباله داستان jatko-, sarja- en feuilleton סִדרָה धारावाहिक, धारावाही u nastavcima folytatás bersambung framhaldssaga a puntate 連載の 연재물의, 연속 출판의 daugiaserijinis, susidedantis iš dalių daudzsēriju-; turpinājumos bersiri vervolg fortsettelses-, –serie w odcinkach em episódios în foileton, în episoade выходящий частями/сериями seriál, dielo vychádzajúce na pokračovanie v nadaljevanjih serijski som följetong เรื่องราวที่พิมพ์หรือส่งกระจายเสียงเป็นตอน ๆ dizi 連載或連續廣播（故事等） такий, що виходить окремими випусками, серіями کئی حصوں میں چھپنے والی کہانی ra từng kỳ 连载或连续广播（故事等）
n
a serial story, play etc. reeksagtig رِوايَه أو فِلْم مُسَلْسَل сериен филм seriál serie serienlaufend σίριαλ por entregas novela, radionovela, telenovela järjejutt, saatesari داستان دنباله دار؛سريال jatkokertomus, sarjaohjelma feuilleton סִדרָה धारावाहिक, धारावाही serija (emisija u nastavcima, serijska publikacija) folytatásos regény, rádiójáték tévésorozat stb. cerita bersambung framhaldssaga/-þáttur serial 続き物 연재물, 연속물 serialas, kelių dalių tęstinis pasakojimas seriāls; romāns/filma turpinājumos bersiri vervolgverhaal fortsettelsesfortelling, føljetong folhetim foileton сериал seriál nadaljevanka serija följetong, serie เรื่องหรือละครชุด dizi 連續劇（故事） фільм у кількох серіях; серіал سلسلہ وار کہانی وغیرہ kịch, phim, truyện nhiều kì 连续剧（故事）
n serial killer
a person who has murdered several people one after another. reeksmoordenaar قاتِل مُتَسَلْسِل сериен убиец masový vrah seriemorder der Serienmörder δολοφόνος κατά συρροήν asesino en serie sarimõrvar قاتل زنجيره اي en série meurtrier רוֹצֵח סִידרָתִי सिलसिलेवार हत्या करने वाला serijski ubojica sorozatgyilkos pembunuh berantai serial killer, pluriomicida žudikas maniakas sērijveida slepkava pembunuh bersiri seriemoordenaar seriemorder seryjny morderca серийный убийца, маньяк masový vrah množični morilec serijski ubica seriemördare ฆาตกรต่อเนื่อง seri cinayetler katili （連續作案的）殺人惡魔 серійний вбивця یکے بعد دیگر کئی قتل کرنے والا شخص kẻ giết người hàng loạt （连续作案的）杀人恶魔
v serialize, ˈserialise [-riə-]
to publish or broadcast as a serial. reeks van maak يَنْشُر قِصَّة على شَكْلٍ مُسَلْسَل издавам на части vydat/vysílat na pokračování udgive som serie; sende som serie die Serie σε συνέχειες παρουσιάζω publicar/por entregas televisar järjeloona avaldama, sarjana esitama به صورت مجموعه منتشر يا پخش كردن julkaista sarjana, esittää sarjana publier/diffuser en feuilleton לְפַרסֵם/לְשַׁדֵר כְּסִדרָה धरावाहिता से प्रकाशित या प्रसारित करना pretvoriti u seriju, prikazati u obliku serije folytatásokban közöl disiarkan bersambung birta sem framhaldssögu/-þátt pubblicare/a puntate trasmettere 連載する ...을 연재［연속］물로서 간행［연재, 방송］하다 leisti atskiromis dalimis/tęstinį leidinį, statyti serialą izlaist sērijās/turpinājumos menerbitkan sesuatu sebagai cerita bersiri laten verschijnen in afleveringen sende ut som serie wydawać/nadawać w odcinkach publicar em episódios a publica/a difuza în foileton/în episoade издавать выпусками/сериями vydať / vysielať na pokračovanie objavljati, predvajati v nadaljevanjih objaviti u nastavcima publicera (sända) som följetong (serie) พิมพ์หรือส่งกระจายเสียงเรื่องออกมาเป็นตอน ๆ dizi hâlinde yayınlamak 連載或連續廣播 видавати випусками سلسلہ وار سیریل کے طور پر پیش یا نشر کرنا phát hành 连载或连续广播
n serialiˈzation, ˌserialiˈsation
reeksmaking نَشْر قِصَّةٍ على شَكْلٍ مُسَلْسَل издаване на части publikování/vysílání po částech hæftevis udgivelse; udgivelse i serieform in Fortsetzungen erscheinende Veröffentlichungen σε συνέχειες παρουσίαση publicación por entregas sariväljaanne پخش يا انتشار مجموعه اي sarjajulkaiseminen publication/diffusion en feuilleton פִּרסוּם בְּהֶמשֵכִים धारावाहिक प्रकाशन या प्रसारण serijalizacija folytatásokban való közlés serial birting/útgáfa á framhaldssögu/-þætti pubblicazione/a puntate trasmissione 連載 연재, 연속 방송［방영, 상영］ serialo statymas izlaišana sērijās/turpinājumos penerbitan cerita bersiri verschijning in afleveringen serieutgivelse/-sending opracowanie w wersji odcinkowej adaptação em folhetim publicare/difuzare în foileton/în episoade публикация по частям;выпуск с продолжением publikovanie / vysielanie po častiach objavljanje v nadaljevanjih serijalizacija publicering (sändande) som följetong (serie) การพิมพ์เป็นตอน ๆ dizi hâlinde yayınlama 連載，連續出版 випуск частинами سلسلہ وار کہانی کو نشر کرنے کا عمل sự phát hành 连载，连续出版
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