noun (plural series)
1 [C,usually sing.] ~ of sth several events or things of a similar kind that happen one after the other:
The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen. * the first / latest in a series of articles on the nature of modern society * The movie consisted of a series of flashbacks.
2 [C] a set of radio or television programmes that deal with the same subject or that have the same characters:
The first episode of the new series is on Saturday.
3 [C] (sport) a set of sports games played between the same two teams:
England have lost the Test series (= of cricket matches) against India. * the World Series (= in baseball)
4 [U,C] (technical) an electrical CIRCUIT in which the current passes through all the parts in the correct order:
batteries connected in series * a series circuit / connection
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for series is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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