series

noun

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.

1. 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.”

   “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.”

2. 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.”

3. Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”).

   “I enjoyed the third series of Friends.”

4. The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.

   “The harmonic series has been much studied.”

5. 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. The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.
7. The optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.
8. A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
9. A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
10. A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
11. A period, stretch of time.

    “A series of ill health, however, rendered it expedient for him to return to England”

    “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?”