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series

Definition

  • noun: a number of things or events that are arranged or happen one after the other
  • noun: a number of things or events of the same class coming one after another in spatial or temporal succession
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: sequence, order, course

Examples

  • The Yankees played a three-game 'series' against the Red Sox last week.

  • The 'play-off series' between the two teams begins next week.

  • We've had a 'series of' problems with our computer network.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) that lay to the west... and over the edge of the world into limbo. Their abiding aim was to conquer England... then a series of petty kingdoms... each one the jealous rival of the next. Thus, when the Vikings set forth to rob and plunder England... (..)
    1958 The Vikings