seriesnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɪə.riːz/us/ˈsɪr.iːz/plural seriesseries noun [ C ] (SET OF EVENTS)
B2 a number of similar or related events or things, one following another:
a number of games played one after another by two teams against each other:
Parts of an electrical system that are in series are arranged in a single line so that the current flows through each part, one after another.
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- The initial earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks.
- He's had a series of badly paid jobs.
- The police are trying to determine the series of events that led up to the murder.
- The government's reputation has already been harmed by a series of scandals.
- There was a series of explosions and the van burst into flames .
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Order and sequence - general words
- alphabetize
- back end
- back end
- be a chapter of accidents idiom
- catalogue
- litany
- merry-go-round
- next
- nth
- penultimate
- run
- running
- second 1
- sequential
- succession
- thirdly
- timeline
- train
- vice versa
- wave
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series noun [ C ] (SET OF BROADCASTS)
B1 a set of television or radio broadcasts on the same subject or using the same characters but in different situations:
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- He's the creator of a successful cartoon series.
- He liked the second series but I thought it was fairly poor.
- Alan Bennett wrote a series of monologues called Talking Hea ds.
- A new series of wildlife programmes has started on Monday evenings.
- She has made a series of documentaries on the subject of family relationships.
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Broadcasting: programmes & other broadcasts
- action replay
- blooper
- breakfast television
- broadcast
- bulletin
- commentary
- feature-length
- filler
- fly on the wall idiom
- game show
- God slot
- pilot
- podcast
- programme
- rom com
- serial
- signature tune
- simulcast
- sitcom
- sketch
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series noun [ C ] (SET OF BOOKS)
B2 a set of books published by the same company that deal with the same subject:
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- They've just published a wine atlas series.
- They have recently launched a new series of monographs.
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Books: kinds of books
- abridge
- annual
- anthology
- audiobook
- autobiography
- backlist
- bestiary
- crammer
- digest
- e-reader
- exercise book
- fiction
- flipback
- glossy
- novelette
- novella
- page-turner
- paperback
- photo album
- travelogue
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