series

«series» in Mova's school dictionary: a group of things that come one after another, like books… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (series, series)

meaning for a pupil

1) A series is a group of things that come one after another, like books about the same characters. tree →

2) A TV series is a set of programmes with the same story or people. tree →

3) A number series is numbers in a row that follow a rule. tree →

4) In sport a series is a set of games between the same teams. tree →

5) In electricity, things in series are joined one after another in a single loop. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: a number series (2, 4, 6, 8) — find the rule and the next number; a series of steps. Reading: a book series like a set of adventure books. Science: bulbs in series in a circuit (if one breaks, all go out). Everyday: a series of events, a TV series.

examples

• The book series has 7 books. tree →
• Write the next number in the series 2, 4, 6, 8. tree →
• The team won the series 4 games to 2. tree →
• She read 3 books of the series. tree →
• We watched a nature series about the ocean. tree →
• A series of loud bangs woke the dog. tree →
• In a series circuit, the bulbs share one path. tree →
• He finished the whole series in a week. tree →

note

«Series» is the same in singular and plural: one series, two series. A series is a total of items in order; in number series look for the rule (add 2, double, ...). Trap: do not write «serie». In a circuit, «series» is the opposite of «parallel».

In the corpora

• In December 2022 a Netflix series told Harry and Meghan's side of their story; others in it did not reply on camera.
• Zara set her console to switch off at eight on its own and found a book series she loved instead.
• A tsunami is a series of huge waves caused by something suddenly moving a lot of water, usually an undersea earthquake.
• A life cycle is the series of changes a living thing goes through from birth to adult and new young.
• A tsunami is a series of huge waves, usually caused by an earthquake under the sea.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «series» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.