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series en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (California) audio
  • /ˈsɪəɹi.ɪz/ (obsolete)
  • /ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/ (Australia)
  • /ˈsɪɹ.iz/ (General-American)
  • (London) audio
  • /ˈsɪəɹi.iːz/ (obsolete)
  • audio Connecticut
  • /ˈsɪː.ɹiːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio Queensland
  • /ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsiɹ.iz/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsɪɹ.iz/ (Canada)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *séreti Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin seriēsbor. English series Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Related to desert, insert, sermon, and sorcerer.

Meanings

  1. A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
    • Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures. 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
    • When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    • A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company.
  2. A television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals.
    • Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
  3. (UK) Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”).
    • I enjoyed the third series of Friends.
  4. The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.
    • The harmonic series has been much studied.
  5. A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
    • The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series.
  6. The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.
  7. The optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.
  8. A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
  9. A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
  10. A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
  11. (dated) A period, stretch of time.
    • A series of ill health, however, rendered it expedient for him to return to England 1806, The Authentic Memoirs of Lord Nelson:
    • Is it credible that everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, constitute only a part, and such a small part, of future punishment; and such too, as, after a series of torment, must, next to being made happy, be the most acceptable thing to befall them? 1826, Charles Buck, “Destructionists”, in A Theological Dictionary:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
serieses Number=Plur obsolete lexicographic
series Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Pickering series (all terms) · gala series (all terms) · transseries (all terms) · lacto series (all terms) · time series (all terms) · muco-series (all terms) · Grandi's series (all terms) · trigonometric series (all terms) · Fourier sine series (all terms) · geometric series · Ritz series (all terms) · uranium series · harmonic series (all terms) · time series animation (all terms) · continuity series (all terms) · teleseries (all terms) · spirometo-series (all terms) · series circuit (all terms) · mollu-series (all terms) · series comma (all terms) · triboelectric series (all terms) · series dead space (all terms) · electrochemical series (all terms) · megaseries (all terms) · Fourier series (all terms) · electrostatic series (all terms) · Laurent series (all terms) · Volterra series (all terms) · confluent hypergeometric series · subway series (all terms) · Pfund series · Brackett series · formal power series · maxiseries (all terms) · basic hypergeometric series · actinium series (all terms) · galvanic series (all terms) · miniseries (all terms) · preseries (all terms) · divergent series (all terms) · Kempner series (all terms) · power series · lacunary series (all terms) · Balmer series · hypergeometric series · series-wound (all terms) · Maclaurin series (all terms) · metaseries (all terms) · Dirichlet series (all terms) · bioseries (all terms) · schisto-series (all terms) · Taylor's series (all terms) · nonseries (all terms) · television series (all terms) · series original (all terms) · seriesmate (all terms) · lacto-series (all terms) · convergent series (all terms) · pre-series (all terms) · in series (all terms) · homologous series (all terms) · decay series (all terms) · seriesmover (all terms) · neogala-series (all terms) · TV series (all terms) · Humphreys series · binomial series (all terms) · chemical series (all terms) · web series (all terms) · series of tubes (all terms) · Taylor series (all terms) · ten-year series (all terms) · docuseries (all terms) · subseries (all terms) · arthro-series (all terms) · Hahn series (all terms) · ganglioseries (all terms) · Malling series (all terms) · Fourier cosine series (all terms) · type series (all terms) · series finale (all terms) · Lambert series (all terms) · Paschen series · alternating series (all terms) · Lyman series · infinite series (all terms) · hydrogen spectral series (all terms) · alternating series test (all terms) · superseries (all terms) · arithmetic series · serieshelpmate (all terms) · neolacto-series (all terms) · globoseries (all terms) · gala-series (all terms) · wavelet series

Descendants

シリーズ · 시리즈 · စီးရီး

Relateds

seriatim · seriate · seriation · serial

Synonyms

succession · consecution · sequence · stream · sequence · line · serie · train · string · season · program · chain · procession · array · series · show · succession · chain

Translations (222)

ru се́рия (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · izh rääty (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · fi sarja (television or radio program) · uk ряд (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · ja シリーズ (television or radio program) · th อนุกรม (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · sk séria (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · sv serie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ar سِلْسِلَة (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · is þáttaröð (television or radio program) · ru сериа́л (television or radio program) · ky сериал (television or radio program) · bg сериа́л (television or radio program) · el σειρά (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · acw مُسَلْسَل (television or radio program) · lo ອະນຸກົມ (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ko 련속극 (television or radio program) · hi धारावाहिक (television or radio program) · ja テレビシリーズ (television or radio program) · ms siri (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · el σειρά (television or radio program) · nb fjernsynsserie (television or radio program) · cmn 連續劇 /连续剧 (television or radio program) · de Reihe (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · sh nȉzānka (television or radio program) · de Serie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · he טוּר (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · fa مجموعه (television or radio program) · hu sor (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · fr suite (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · be сэ́рыя (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ru после́довательность (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · pl seria (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · sv serie (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · ast serie (television or radio program) · az serial (television or radio program) · he סִדְרָה (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · uk се́рія (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · la seriēs (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · sv följetong (television or radio program) · ro serie (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · vi loạt (television or radio program) · cmn 電視劇 /电视剧 (television or radio program) · kk қатар (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · tl dugtungan (television or radio program) · nl reeks (television or radio program) · lv sērija (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ko 시리즈 (television or radio program) · gl serie (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · pt sequência (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · vi xê-ri (television or radio program) · de Serie (television or radio program) · es teleserie (television or radio program) · ca sèrie (television or radio program) · fa سلسله (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ru телесериа́л (television or radio program) · ko 연속극 (television or radio program) · sa क्रम (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ru ряд (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · vo sökod (television or radio program) · he סִדְרָה (television or radio program) · scn sèria (television or radio program) · ar مُتَسَلْسِلَة (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · nb serie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ro serie (television or radio program) · hi शृंखला (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ka სერიალი (television or radio program) · ro serial (television or radio program) · sv oändlig summa (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · de Fernsehserie (television or radio program) · ar سِلْسِلَة (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ru шо́у (television or radio program) · es serie de televisión (television or radio program) · be тэлесерыя́л (television or radio program) · fr série (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · kk телехикая (television or radio program) · fa سریال (television or radio program) · hi सिलसिला (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · sh sȇrija (television or radio program) · ko 계렬 (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · sv svit (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · sh ре̑д (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · be се́рыя (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · sh rȇd (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · it serie (television or radio program) · gl serie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · th ชุด (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · tr silsile (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ko 티비 시리즈 (television or radio program) · ar مُسَلْسِلَات (television or radio program) · acw سلسلة (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · uz silsila (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · scn sèria (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · es serie (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · it serie (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · gl serie (television or radio program) · id seri (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · mi raupapatanga (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · no rekke (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · bg ред (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · az seriya (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · hy սերիա (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · vi loạt (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · da række (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · sl serija (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · nl serie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · fa مجموعه تلویزیونی (television or radio program) · uk телесеріа́л (television or radio program) · ast serie (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · sh се̑рија (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · vo televidasökod (television or radio program) · ro șir (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · es serie radiofónica (television or radio program) · ja 級数 (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · pt série (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · sh sȇrija (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · fr série (television or radio program) · ur سلسلہ (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · lt serija (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · hi सीरियल (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · pt série (television or radio program) · fo sendirøð (television or radio program) · mt sensiela (television or radio program) · uk ряд (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · nl reeks (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · nl serie (television or radio program) · th ซีรีส์ (television or radio program) · hy շարք (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · acw مجموعة (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · hi शृंखला (television or radio program) · tg силсила (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · cs seriál (television or radio program) · pl szereg (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · tr seri (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · es serial televisual (television or radio program) · cs série (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · th รายการชุด (television or radio program) · hi सीरीज़ (television or radio program) · tr dizi (television or radio program) · id cerbung (television or radio program) · ro serie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · cmn 級數 /级数 (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · uz serial (television or radio program) · cs řada (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · tl dalayray (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · km មាលា (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · cmn 電視連續劇 /电视连续剧 (television or radio program) · ko 계열 (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · uz seriya (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · pl cykl (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · id serial (television or radio program) · ru телешо́у (television or radio program) · da Danish: række (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · hu sorozat (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · vo radionasökod (television or radio program) · ja 系列 (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · bg се́рия (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · mi rangatū (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · pl serial (television or radio program) · el σύνολο (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · be рад (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ka სერია (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · bg поредица (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · fa سری (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · sv serie (television or radio program) · ka ტელესერიალი (television or radio program) · hi शो (television or radio program) · kk топтама (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · fi sarja (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · es serie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ar مُسَلْسَلَات تِلِفِزْيُونِيَّة (television or radio program) · sh ни̏за̄нка (television or radio program) · ru се́рия (television or radio program) · yi סעריע (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · eo serio (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · be серыя́л (television or radio program) · fi sarja (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · da tv-serie (television or radio program) · ca sèrie (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · pt seriado (television or radio program) · nn fjernsynsserie (television or radio program) · sk seriál (television or radio program) · scn sèria (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · sw msururu (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · vo sökod (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · fa سری (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · es serial televisivo (television or radio program) · pt série (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · sv summa (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · crh serial (television or radio program) · ja シリーズ (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · el αλληλουχία (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · it serie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · uk серіа́л (television or radio program) · ca sèrie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ja テレビドラマ (television or radio program) · ru ряд (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · hy սերիալ (television or radio program) · ota سلسله (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · sh се̑рија (television or radio program) · hu sorozat (television or radio program) · hi टी वी शृंखला (television or radio program) · mk серија (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · da serie (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ms siri (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) · fr série (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ar مَجْمُوعَة (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · hi सीरियल (television or radio program) · vo näijenot (television or radio program) · cmn 系列 (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · mi raupapa (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · th ลำดับ (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · da rækkefølge (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · tl dalayray (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · is þættir (television or radio program) · hy հեռուստաշոու (television or radio program) · es retahíla (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · is röð (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · tg сериал (television or radio program) · et sari (a number of things that follow on one after the other) · ms siri (television or radio program) · es serie (television or radio program)