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

  • (..) kidnapping? lt's that bunch of nuts. She's in the movie shooting off machine guns. This is really terrific footage. We can get a movie of the week out of it, maybe even a series. A series? What are we talking about? We've got a bunch of hobgoblin radicals, the Ecumenical Liberation Army... (..)
    1976 Network
  • (..) You'll get a hell of a rating, l'll guarantee that. Fifty share easy. - You think so? - Sure. We could make a series out of it. "Suicide of the Week." Why limit ourselves? "Execution of the Week." "Terrorist of the Week." They'll love it. (..)
    1976 Network