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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m1)

2) A TV series is a set of programmes with the same story or people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m2)

3) A number series is numbers in a row that follow a rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m3)

4) In sport a series is a set of games between the same teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m4)

5) In electricity, things in series are joined one after another in a single loop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x1)
- Write the next number in the series 2, 4, 6, 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x2)
- The team won the series 4 games to 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x3)
- She read 3 books of the series. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x4)
- We watched a nature series about the ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x5)
- A series of loud bangs woke the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x6)
- In a series circuit, the bulbs share one path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x7)
- He finished the whole series in a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/19/)
- [Zara set her console to switch off at eight on its own and found a book series she loved instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/16/)
- [A tsunami is a series of huge waves caused by something suddenly moving a lot of water, usually an undersea earthquake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/45-tsunamis/5/)
- [A life cycle is the series of changes a living thing goes through from birth to adult and new young.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/25-life-cycles/5/)
- [A tsunami is a series of huge waves, usually caused by an earthquake under the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «series» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.