series
A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the otherA number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
» What's your favorite TV series?
Was ist deine Lieblingsfernsehserie?
Was ist Ihre Lieblingsfernsehserie?
Какой у тебя любимый телевизионный сериал?
Який твій улюблений телесеріал?
Який ваш улюблений телесеріал?
Який у тебе улюблений телесеріал?
Який у вас улюблений телесеріал?
Meaning
11 sensesA number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company.
Serie
се́рияsérija, после́довательностьposlédovatelʹnostʹ, рядrjad
се́ріяsérija, рядrjad
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
A television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals.
Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
Serie, Fernsehserie
телесериа́лteleseriál, сериа́лseriál, се́рияsérija
телесеріа́лteleseriál, серіа́лseriál
(UK)Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”).
I enjoyed the third series of Friends.
The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.
The harmonic series has been much studied.
Reihe
рядrjad
рядrjad
A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series.
The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.
The optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.
A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
(dated)A period, stretch of time.
Examples
280 sentencesWhat's your favorite TV series?
Який твій улюблений телесеріал?
ruКакой у тебя любимый телевизионный сериал?
deWas ist deine Lieblingsfernsehserie?
She made a series of medical discoveries.
Вона зробила цілий ряд медичних відкриттів.
ruОна совершила ряд открытий в медицине.
I missed the last episode of that series.
The series of crimes were thought to have been committed by the same man.
This series is amazing.
Translations
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Origin
Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Related to desert, insert, sermon, and sorcerer.
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Forms
plural: seriesSynonyms
17 synonyms- a periodical that appears at scheduled times:serialserial publication
- a serialized set of programs:serial