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Meaning of 'series' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Series [ n.]
- A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.
- Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
- An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.

Meaning of 'series' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . series [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a serialized set of programs
Example in sentence:
  • a comedy series;
  • the Masterworks concert series
Meaning (2):
- a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection
Example in sentence:
  • his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies;
  • the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers
Meaning (3):
- (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams
Example in sentence:
  • the visiting team swept the series
Meaning (4):
- (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other
Example in sentence:
  • the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors
Meaning (5):
- similar things placed in order or happening one after another
Example in sentence:
  • they were investigating a series of bank robberies

Nearby Words:

seraglio serai seralbumen serang serape seraph seraphic seraphical seraphicism seraphim

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