serial
To assign a serial number toTo assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)
» The police suspect Tom is a serial killer.
Полиция подозревает, что Том — серийный убийца. — odexed
Поліція підозрює, що Том — серійний вбивця. — deniko
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1 sensesTo assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)
Examples
88 sentencesThe police suspect Tom is a serial killer.
Поліція підозрює, що Том — серійний вбивця. — deniko
ruПолиция подозревает, что Том — серийный убийца. — odexed
The police suspect that Tom is a serial killer.
Поліція підозрює, що Том — серійний вбивця. — deniko
ruПолиция подозревает, что Том — серийный убийца. — odexed
Tom had no idea Mary was a serial killer.
Tom has been accused of being a serial killer.
Tom had no idea that Mary was a serial killer.
ruТом понятия не имел, что Мэри — серийная убийца. — odexed
deTom hatte keine Ahnung, dass Mary eine Serienmörderin war. — Manfredo
Origin
Formed as series + -al, on model of Latin seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis. Cognate to ItaliaFormed as series + -al, on model of Latin seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis. Cognate to Italian seriale. First use appears c. 1823. See cite below.
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Forms
serials, serialing, serialed, serialedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- a serial killer
- serial killer
- was a serial
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.