series
A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
Noun 4 meanings
A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
“A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company.”
A television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals.
“Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.”
Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”).
“I enjoyed the third series of Friends.”
The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.
“The harmonic series has been much studied.”
Etymology
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.
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SERIES at a glance
SERIES has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + E 1 + S 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #425 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with series
All rhymesOne letter away
- SERVES9
- SERRES6
- SERIFS9
- AERIES6
- SERINS6
- SERGES7
- HERIES9
- SCRIES8
- SEMIES8
- SKRIES10
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