series
pronunciation
How to pronounce series in British English:
UK [ˈsɪəriːz]
How to pronounce series in American English:
US [ˈsɪriːz]
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- Noun:
- similar things placed in order or happening one after another
- a serialized set of programs
- a periodical that appears at scheduled times
- (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams
- a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection
- (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
- (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other
Word Origin
- series
- series: [17] Latin seriēs (from which English got series) denoted a ‘succession of things connected together’. It was derived from serere ‘connect’, which has also given English assert and insert [16]. Serial [19] was coined specifically with reference to stories published in instalments.=> assert, insert, serial
- series (n.)
- 1610s, "a number or set of things of one kind arranged in a line," from Latin series "row, chain, series, sequence, succession," from serere "to join, link, bind together, arrange, attach, put; join in speech, discuss," from PIE root *ser- (3) "to line up, join" (cognates: Sanskrit sarat- "thread," Greek eirein "to fasten together in rows," Gothic sarwa (plural) "armor, arms," Old Norse sörve "necklace of stringed pearls," Old Irish sernaid "he joins together," Welsh ystret "row"). Meaning "set of printed works published consecutively" is from 1711. Meaning "set of radio or television programs with the same characters and themes" is attested from 1949. Baseball sense "set of games on consecutive days between the same teams" is from 1862.
Example
- 1. A series of tactical mistakes followed .
- 2. This data series is not adjusted for seasonal variation .
- 3. The children had mastered this series months ago .
- 4. In the late 1990s asean was powerless in face of a series of blows .
- 5. The resulting series is highly volatile , but does resemble the official pmi .