seriesse‧ries /ˈsɪəriːz $ ˈsɪr-/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL noun (plural series) [countable usually singular] 
the series of events that led to the outbreak of war The police are investigating a series of attacks in the area. There’s been a whole series of accidents on this road.2planned events a group of events or actions that are planned to happen one after the otherseries of This autumn the BBC will be showing a series of French films. Staff will hold a series of meetings over the next few weeks. a summer lecture series3tv/radio a set of television or radio programmes that have the same characters or deal with the same type of subject, and are usually broadcast every week or several times a week: a new comedy series4books/articles etc several books, articles etc that deal with the same subject or tell stories about the same charactersseries of a series of articles on community care a science fiction series5similar things several things of the same kindseries of a series of laws against discrimination The area is linked by a series of canals.6sport a set of sports games played between the same two teamsthe World Series (=in baseball)Test series (=in cricket)7in series technical being connected so that electricity passes through the parts of something electrical in the correct order
WORD ORIGINseries
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin serere ‘to join’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a series of articles about the state of the economy
- a series of numbers at the bottom of the computer screen
- a lecture series
- A new TV series called "The Hamilton Dynasty" will be starting next autumn.
- As she smiled, her mouth pushed her cheeks into a series of tiny wrinkles.
- Beethoven's Ninth Symphony will be the first in a series of concerts at the new concert hall.
- Jance has written a series of books that take place in Seattle.
- Police smashed a major drugs ring after a series of dawn raids.
- Rowling's "Harry Potter" series for children has been amazingly successful.
- The new movie is based on the classic TV series from the '60s.
- The orchestra is giving a series of concerts to raise money for charity.
- There has been a series of accidents on the M25.
- What is the next number in the series -- 12, 24, 48, 96?
- Call a series of fluty piping notes, also a shrill whistle.
- It was to take eight years to produce the entire series.
- Since there is only one opening the base has a simple podium on each side instead of a series of pedestals.
- The series moves to Candlestick Park tonight for the first of three games on the West Coast.
- The conference was to discuss the programmes currently under production as part of the documentary series.
- The Roman script was phonetic and the book consisted of a series of dialogues, building up with phrases rather than individual words.
Longman Language Activatora series of events, things, numbers, people etc
several things that happen one after the other: · What is the next number in the series -- 12, 24, 48, 96?series of: · There has been a series of accidents on the M25.· The orchestra is giving a series of concerts to raise money for charity.· Police smashed a major drugs ring after a series of dawn raids.
the order in which events or actions follow one another, or the order in which they are supposed to follow one another: · The keys have to be turned in a particular sequence to open the safe.sequence of: · The sequence of movements for this particular dance is quite difficult to learn.sequence of events: · The report detailed the sequence of events that led to the oil spill.in sequence: · The chairs are numbered in sequence.
a series of similar events that happen very close together, or a group of similar things that exist or are found very close together: · O'Neill had a string of successes with his first four plays.· a string of tiny islands off the coast of Florida· Jackson was imprisoned in 1934 for a string of sensational crimes.
a number of events, relationships, people etc following closely after each other, especially when it is bad that there have been so many of them: succession of: · The project has had a succession of legal problems.· Like many rich kids, Georgie was raised by a succession of underpaid nannies.in succession: · We lost four important games in succession.
also train of events British a series of events, especially a series in which each thing that happens causes the next one to happen: · The 6 month trial focused on the chain of events leading to the murder.· The book details the train of events that led to the outbreak of the First World War.
a long and almost continuous series of events, people, objects etc that follow closely after each other: stream of of: · Guides take the non-stop stream of visitors around the castle.in an endless stream (=continuously, in large numbers): · Refugees were pouring across the border in an endless stream.
also catalog American a series of failures, disasters etc that happen one after the other and never seem to stop: · The bombing is the latest addition to the catalogue of terrorist crimes.· The official report into the disaster points up a whole catalog of errors and oversights.
a planned process of medical treatment, consisting of a series of regular amounts of treatment, drugs etc over a fixed period: · Europeans usually need to have a course of injections before travelling to India.· The disease can be easily cured with a simple course of antibiotics.
a series of television programmes, books etc a regular series of television programmes, books etc that tell the same story or are the same kind of programme, book etc: · A new TV series called "The Hamilton Dynasty" will be starting next autumn.· Rowling's "Harry Potter" series for children has been amazingly successful.series of: · a series of articles about the state of the economy
a story that is broadcast in several separate parts on television or radio, or printed in separate parts in a magazine or newspaper: · The BBC sells most of its successful serials to the US.· Don't miss the latest episode in our serial, "David Copperfield."
happening or doing something in a series happening one after the other: · Successive nights without sleep make any new parent feel ready to quit.· Jackson became the first batter since Babe Ruth to hit three successive home runs in a single game.· Successive governments have failed to tackle the problem of international debt.
consecutive days, years etc come after one another, with no breaks in between: · The company has made a profit for seven consecutive years.· You must get a doctor's certificate if you're off work sick for more than three consecutive days.
happening immediately one after another in a series, especially in an unusually long series: · The temperatures was 40 degrees below zero for two weeks straight.· She is hoping to beat her personal record of 21 straight victories.
if something happens on a number of occasions, days, years etc in succession , it happens on each of those occasions, days, years etc, without a break: · She's won the championship four times in succession.· It's not advisable to plant wheat in the same field for more than two years in succession.
if a number of events happen one after the other or one after another , each one happens soon after the previous one: · One after another they got up and left the room.· He was so thirsty that he drank five glasses of water, one after the other.· She smoked nervously throughout the meeting, one cigarette after another.
done two or more times, one after another, without a break: · Last week I overslept three days in a row.· The Blazers have won 11 games in a row.
if you do something for the third time, fifth time etc running , you do it that number of times without a break: · This is the fourth time running you've been late.· Spender won the Cambridge Poetry Prize three years running.
two alternate actions, events, feelings etc are done in a fixed order, first one, then the other, then the first one again etc: · He worked alternate night and day shifts.· Italian cities have imposed alternate-day driving rules in an effort to reduce pollution.alternate Sundays/weekends etc (=first one Sunday or weekend, but not the next, then the next Sunday or weekend but not the next etc): · She visits her parents on alternate Sundays.
WORD SETSaerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY There’s been a whole series of accidents on this road. a TV series based on the novelCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
There’s been a whole series of accidents on this road. (=in baseball)
(=in cricket)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=a number of attacks in a row)· The killing follows a series of brutal attacks on tourists.
(=a number of competitions)· the American League Championship series
(=several clicks one after another)· A series of loud clicks came from the car's engine.
· The accident happened because of a string of unfortunate coincidences.
(=a regular TV programme about the same characters)· I used to like the comedy series 'Friends’.
(=a number of delays)· After a series of delays and setbacks, the project was finally approved.
(=a number of programmes with the same characters)· It is one of the longest-running drama series on Japanese television.
(=related events that happen one after the other)· The incident was the first in a series of events that finally led to his arrest.
(also a course of lectures British English)· a series of lectures on the history of art
(=a set of measures used to deal with something)· A package of road safety measures has been announced.
(=a set of programmes with the same characters or subject, broadcast every day or every week)· He starred in the popular television series, ‘Friends’.
a TV series based on the novel· His latest series is probably his best yet and will make many people stop and think about their own lives and relationships.· This was the latest in a series of corruption cases involving Arizona.· The test was the latest in a series that will extend well into the next century.· It's the latest in a series of attacks on schoolgirls.· Last night, residents witnessed another high speed display; the latest in a series of stunts which became notorious last Summer.
· Even the rain was supposed to be radio-active after the long series of 1954-5 tests.· Tamalpais: Cataract Falls is a long, dramatic series of cascades, one after another, a truly precious sight.· In economic life, in spite of a long series of efforts, little was achieved.· They will make the Bulls play a long series.· A long series of searches beginning with Lowell in 1905 culminated with Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto in 1930.· Powell predicted that Los Angeles would be only the first of a long series of riots and episodes of lawlessness.· The Lancet, for instance, had a long series of articles on various medications that paraded as abortifacients.· Even after that, there would be a long series of hurdles for any secession proposal.
· Surely he would be better advised to start a new series with Bus Pass Wish One.· The new series already has received a two-year, 44-episode commitment from the network.· We have a new series for the first time breeder by Jane van Lennep taken from her superb new book First Foal.· Notable in this bracket is the new series of Ford Escort hatchbacks and Orion saloons.· They then crafted their new Lexits series in the light of that array of knowledge.· The new series 6000i Model 640 supports up to 32 users and is suitable for small businesses, workgroups and development environments.
· The whole series is a tribute to Shakespeare's dramatic imagination, but it does not inspire affection.· The whole 13-chapter series is scheduled to run from 11 a. m. to midnight Sept. 7.· Play, Dreams and Imitation in Childhood may be related to a whole series of studies of cognitive development by piaget.· These developments face the churches and theology with a whole series of difficult and delicate questions.· A whole series of male clubs sprang up which emphasised the elements of male bonding.· I think it is going into your subconscious and picking up a whole series of signals.· By the end of his Government Baldwin was anxious to make a whole series of Cabinet changes.· Recently this liberalisation of trade has been checked, or at least slowed, by a whole series of actions.
NOUN· Now he could concentrate on his first television situation comedy series.· You might start a personal channel that gathers all new information about the comedy series for you.· She lost best actress in a comedy series to Cybill Shepherd.! folo!
· The soap was nominated as Best Drama series but the award went to the murder thriller Prime Suspect.· Why not settle in, raise your little girl, sign up for the concert and drama series.· The Best Drama series award was won by Inspector Morse.· Franz won the Emmy as best actor in a drama series for the 1993-1994 season, not Caruso.· But none of them carries a show, and there are no drama series and few movies that feature predominantly black casts.
· This became both a movie and the basis for a television series.· Of 139 television series examined, only 18 featured a continuing Hispanic character, the study found.· The presenter of a television series has some advantage over a writer, since filming is more flexible than book production.· As long as there are agents, movies, conflicts, illnesses and death, television series will have cast changes.· Among those whose work was recognised was Mr K K Sampathknmar who received the award for the best television series.· It was the launch of the animated Babar television series in 1989 that started the current Babar cult.
· It is the most comprehensive of the road test series and is also one of the first to feature colour pages.· On the evidence of the Test series in May and now this, he will be a huge loss.· The hamstring pull which put Lydon out of the Test series was sustained in the closing minutes of a 50-4 win over Chorley.· They hardly looked ready to slug it out in a Test series, but at least they had a victory under their belts.· Furthermore, in a five-match Test series one of the northern or midland venues must forego.· The tourists came here principally to win the Test series and they proved to be worthy winners.· He will be able to return on compassionate leave - particularly if it helps to focus his mind on the Test series.· The Test series began at Edgbaston as it was to continue - with a thumping.
VERB· He retreated to Ibiza and, not too industriously, began working on a series of songs.· The stranger began a series of intonations, breathing noisily.· Lovejoy did begin the previous series with a spell in jail.· Raytheon also agrees to begin a series of energy-conservation measures in its plants.· Immediately afterwards workers in the metallurgical sector, led by Lorenzo Miguel, began a series of strikes.· At the beginning of 1985, Rice began a lengthy series of field trips to various regions controlled by the marketing department.· Father Michael Hurley begins a series of articles on prayer on page 14.· John Langford contemplated this phenomenon without expression; then he began to put a series of questions to us both.
· There followed a series of spider-like manoeuvres to negotiate the chimney-groove and become ensconced on the ledge belay.· That was followed by a series of appearances on talk shows by doctors who extolled Retin-A as a wrinkle treatment.· There followed a series of raids on Kharg during the rest of August and September.· Here followed a series of grim accusations and counter-accusations resulting in the dissolution of tender romance.· From it follows a series of hardline implications for the other practical issues.· In the following series the reliance on women in fishnet leisure wear became a bit obvious.· The Weimar Assembly protested to the Allies that the terms were too harsh and there followed a series of street demonstrations.
· Yet it must be noted that much of the growing Bumiputra ownership was held in a series of trusts and pension funds.· They then held a series of neighborhood meetings, revising the goals in between each round.· It holds a regular series of seminars at which reports are presented on research currently in progress.· Throughout Friday, Cardin held a series of discussions with Rep.· It held a series of well attended meetings, bringing together diverse elements within the labour movement on a unified platform.· Romer, a patient practitioner of the consensus-building school of government, held a series of summit meetings.· A scheme is to be implemented whereby the blooms will be held offshore by a series of floating barriers.· Gramm lately has attempted to soften his image, holding a series of intimate discussions with undecided voters in their kitchens.
· A fifty-minute programme about green slime to launch a series that is going to take thirteen hours?· Pleased with the success of reforms in the countryside, he launched a new series of urban economic reforms.· The question last week was whether the city should launch another in a series of environmental studies.· Now it has launched a series of competitions to select the best ways of filling the gaps in Britain's armoury.
· I also enjoyed producing a series of Gilbert & Sullivan operas, using orchestra, chorus, soloists and actors.· Bertha M.. Clay, another popular name of the period, produced a dime novel series of Gothic Romances.· On removing the paper from the board, an outline is produced as a series of small dots.· She was fed up with the factory-style working conditions involved in producing a day-in-day-out series.
· I have written about a T.V series which I find appalling.· Stewart, with Tom Braden, was assigned to write a series of articles recounting episodes of 055 derring-do during the war.· Gillian Darley has written and presented a series of books and television programmes.· Unknown to Dana, I began writing a series of free-verse poems about the pictures.· She wanted to write a series of articles, perhaps a book.· We talked about her plans to write a series of Floras, beginning with one for Harris.· He wrote a whole series of novels in which the characters personified some of his leading insights.· I have written several series of readers, now only obtainable in libraries.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1series of something several events or actions of a similar type that happen one after the other: - A regular newsletter keeps people in touch and a whole series of social events are undertaken.
- Exercise, in addition to good nutrition, can guard against a whole range of serious ailments.
- I think it is going into your subconscious and picking up a whole series of signals.
- It is practical activity that is important; the handling of a whole range of materials.
- Knitters can choose from a whole range of techniques and their selection will be put on to a video, exclusive to them.
- Parks provide space for a whole range of events, from steam rallies to horse shows.
- Since then he had survived a whole series of setbacks.
the series of events that led to the outbreak of war The police are investigating a series of attacks in the area. There’s been a whole series of accidents on this road.2planned events a group of events or actions that are planned to happen one after the otherseries of This autumn the BBC will be showing a series of French films. Staff will hold a series of meetings over the next few weeks. a summer lecture series3tv/radio a set of television or radio programmes that have the same characters or deal with the same type of subject, and are usually broadcast every week or several times a week: a new comedy series4books/articles etc several books, articles etc that deal with the same subject or tell stories about the same charactersseries of a series of articles on community care a science fiction series5similar things several things of the same kindseries of a series of laws against discrimination The area is linked by a series of canals.6sport a set of sports games played between the same two teamsthe World Series (=in baseball)Test series (=in cricket)7in series technical being connected so that electricity passes through the parts of something electrical in the correct order