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See also: séries, seríes, sériés, and sèries

English

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Etymology

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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;[1] 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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    Noun

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    A series circuit (sense 1)

    series (plural series or (obsolete) serieses)

    1. A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
      Synonyms: chain, line, sequence, stream, succession; see also Thesaurus:sequence
      A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company.
      • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
        When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.
      • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
        Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
    2. (broadcasting) A television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals.
      Synonyms: show, program
      Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
    3. (broadcasting, chiefly UK) Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”).
      I enjoyed the third series of Friends.
    4. (Discuss(+) this sense) (mathematics) The sequence of partial sums of a given sequence ai.
      The harmonic series has been much studied.
    5. (cricket, baseball) A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
      The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series.
    6. (taxonomy)
      1. (ichthyology) The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.
      2. (lepidopterology) The optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.
      4. (botany) A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
    7. (commerce) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
    8. (phonology) A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
    9. (dated) A period, stretch of time.
      • 1806, The Authentic Memoirs of Lord Nelson:
        A series of ill health, however, rendered it expedient for him to return to England
      • 1826, Charles Buck, “Destructionists”, in A Theological Dictionary:
        Is it credible that everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, constitute only a part, and such a small part, of future punishment; and such too, as, after a series of torment, must, next to being made happy, be the most acceptable thing to befall them?

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    • (broadcasting): In North American English, a year-long group of episodes of a television or radio show is called a season, whereas the word series is a synonym of program or show.
    • (mathematics): Beginning students often confuse series with sequence.

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    Descendants

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    • → Japanese: シリーズ (shirīzu)
    • → Korean: 시리즈 (sirijeu)
    • → Burmese: စီးရီး (ci:ri:)

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    References

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    1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “series”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
    2. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 9.811, page 275.
    3. ^ Michaelis, Hermann; Jones, Daniel (1913), “'siəriz”, in A Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language (Sammlung Phonetischer Wörterbücher; 2)‎[2], Hanover: Carl Meyer (Gustav Prior), →OCLC, page 378: “[-riiːz]”
    4. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Series, sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 498, column 2: “sīᵊriˌīz”
    5. ^ Walker, John (1791), “Series”, in A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: G. G. J. and J. Robinſon […] and T. Cadell, →OCLC, page 456.

    Further reading

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    Anagrams

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    Asturian

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    Noun

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    series

    1. plural of serie

    Catalan

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    Verb

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    series

    1. second-person singular conditional of ser
    2. second-person singular conditional of ésser

    Dutch

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    series

    1. plural of serie

    Interlingua

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    Noun

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    series

    1. plural of serie

    Latin

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    Etymology

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      From serō (“to bind”) + -iēs.

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      Noun

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      seriēs f (genitive seriēī); fifth declension

      1. a row
      2. a succession
      3. a series
      4. a chain

      Declension

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      Fifth-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative seriēs seriēs
      genitive seriēī seriērum
      dative seriēī seriēbus
      accusative seriem seriēs
      ablative seriē seriēbus
      vocative seriēs seriēs

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      References

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      • “series”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “series”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • "series", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
      • “series”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

      Portuguese

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      Verb

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      series

      1. second-person singular present subjunctive of seriar

      Spanish

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈseɾjes/ [ˈse.ɾjes]
      • Rhymes: -eɾjes
      • Syllabification: se‧ries

      Etymology 1

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Noun

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      series f pl

      1. plural of serie

      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

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      series

      1. second-person singular present subjunctive of seriar

      Swedish

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      Noun

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      series

      1. indefinite genitive singular of serie

      series c

      1. obsolete form of serie
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