In extended use. A string or series of something immaterial.

concrete. In extended use: a regular series, sequence, row, or succession of things.

A continuous or connected series (of things).

A series of persons or things in orderly sequence; a continued line (of sovereigns, heirs to an estate, etc.); an unbroken line or stretch (of…

literary. Any procession or sequence of persons or things. Also: an imposing movement of water, etc. Now rare.

A set of things belonging together; a succession or series of things of the same type.

Originally and chiefly Roman Catholic Church. In extended use. Cf. litany, n. 2.

Sequence, order of succession; also a number of things in succession, a series. Obsolete.

A number of discrete things of one kind (esp. events or actions) following one another in succession over time, or in order of appearance or…

figurative. A long series.

An instance of this; a succession. Obsolete.

quasi-concrete. A concatenated series or system, an interdependent or unbroken sequence, a ‘chain’. non-material.

transferred. A series, chain, or accumulation of some thing or things.

A continuous series or succession (e.g. of stories, questions, incidents, historical personages).

A continuous linear series of material objects. of objects purposely connected, or connecting points in a line.

gen. A number of things following one another in regular sequence; a prolonged series.

A single series (in various senses), as distinguished from series used as a plural; (also) a member of a series.

figurative and transferred. (esp. in services' contexts: see quots.).

A connected group or series; a network.

A chain, a connected series. generally. ‘Chain, string’.

A succession or catalogue of phenomena, esp. unfortunate events. Cf. chapter, n. phrases 4.