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se·ries (sir′ēz, sē′rēz)

noun pl. series -·ries

  1. a group or number of similar or related things arranged in a row a series of arches
  2. a group or number of related or similar persons, things, or events coming one after another; sequence; succession
  3. a number of things produced as a related group; set, as of books or television programs, related in subject, format, etc., or dealing with the same characters
  4. Bowling a set of three consecutive games
  5. Elec. an arrangement of devices in a circuit, in which the current flows sequentially through a series of components: used chiefly in the phrase in series
  6. Geol. a subdivision of a system of stratified rocks, consisting of the rocks laid down during a geologic epoch
  7. Math. the sum of a sequence, often infinite, of terms usually separated by plus signs or minus signs (Ex.: 1 + 3 + 5 + 7)
  8. Rhetoric a group of successive coordinate elements of a sentence

Etymology: L < serere, to join or weave together < IE base *ser-, to line up, join > Gr eirein, to join together, OE searu, a snare, armor, ON sørvi, necklace

adjective

Elec. designating or of a circuit in series

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series Synonyms

series

n.

rank, file, line, row, set, train, range, list, string, chain, order, sequence, succession, group, procession, continuity, column, cordon, progression, suite, category, classification, tier, suit, scale, array, gradation.

series applies to a number of similar, more or less related things following one another in time or place a series of concerts; sequence emphasizes a closer relationship between the things, such as logical or casual connection, numerical order, etc. the sequence of events; succession merely implies a following of one thing after another, without any necessary connection between them a succession of errors; chain refers to a series in which there is a definite relationship of cause and effect or some other logical connection a chain of ideas


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series Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • workshop: A new series of music workshops are currently being run in Bristol by the group.

Converse of object

  • organize: The Trust organizes a series of Members ' events throughout the year.

Adjective modifier

  • animated: An animated TV series modeled on the movies appeared in the mid-'80's.

Noun used with modifier

  • TV: Tommy 6 Which TV series features a boat called the Vital Spark?
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series quotes

We are all faced with a series of great opportunitiesö brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

-Gardner,JohnWilliam

Life should serve up its feast of experience in a series of courses.

-Golding, Sir William (Gerald)

Un homme n'est rien d'autre qu'une se¤  rie d'entreprises. A man is no other than a series of undertakings.

-Sartre,Jean-Paul

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