series

B1 Topic:Film & Television

US /ˈsɪɹ.iz/ UK /ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/ See IPA manual

Freq #2395

Meanings

1

noun
A number of similar things or events that come one after another.

A series of seemingly small mistakes led to the company's collapse.
2

noun
A set of television or radio programmes about the same subject or with the same characters.

"Friends" was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
3

noun
A set of sports matches played between the same teams.

The visiting team won every game and swept the series.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a number of similar things... sequence string succession

2 noun · a set of television or... program show

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Word family

Derived forms arthro-seriesbioseriesdocuseriesgala-seriesganglioseriesgloboserieslacto-seriesmaxiseriesmegaseriesmetaseriesminiseriesmollu-series

Related forms serial seriate seriatim seriation

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electrochemical series
an ordering of elements or ions according to their electrode potentials

Adjective + noun
methane series
the family of saturated hydrocarbons beginning with methane

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Series entered English in the early 16th century as a direct use of Latin series, meaning “row” or “chain.”

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin seriēsbor. English series Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Related to desert, insert, sermon, and sorcerer.

*ser- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Film & Television General Vocabulary

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# series

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɪɹ.iz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/
**Frequency rank:** 2395

## Meanings
1. A number of similar things or events that come one after another.
2. A set of television or radio programmes about the same subject or with the same characters.
3. A set of sports matches played between the same teams.

## Examples
- A series of seemingly small mistakes led to the company's collapse.
- "Friends" was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
- The visiting team won every game and swept the series.

## Synonyms
- serie

## Derived Forms
- arthro-series
- bioseries
- docuseries
- gala-series
- ganglioseries
- globoseries
- lacto-series
- maxiseries
- megaseries
- metaseries
- miniseries
- mollu-series

## Related Forms
- serial
- seriate
- seriatim
- seriation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ser-

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin seriēsbor. English series Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Related to desert, insert, sermon, and sorcerer.

## AI Etymology
The etymological chain for series runs Proto-Indo-European *ser- derived into Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin seriēsbor. English series Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Related to desert, insert, sermon, and sorcerer. Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *ser-. In current use it includes senses such as A number of similar things or events that come one after another and A set of television or radio programmes about the same subject or with the same characters.

## Topics
- Film & Television
- General Vocabulary

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