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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

  • (..) No, no. That wasn't a question. Um, I was editor in chief of the Daily Northwestern. I also, um, won a national competition for college journalists... with my series on the janitors' union, which exposed the exploitation- That's all. Yeah. You know, okay. You're right. I don't fit in here. (..)
    2006 The Devil Wears Prada