series
/ˈsɪɹ.iz/ sustantivo B1En español: serie, retahíla, serie de televisión, teleserie
- 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.
- The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ. · The harmonic series has been much studied.
- 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.
- The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.
- The optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.
- A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
- A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
Plural series
De la biblioteca
The baron, followed by the count, traversed a long series of apartments, in which the prevailing characteristics were heavy magnificence and the gaudiness of ostentatious wealth, until he reached the boudoir of Madame Danglars—a small octagonal-shaped room, hung with pink satin, covered with white Indian muslin.
A long series of sterile weeks lay behind us, and here at last there was a fitting object for those remarkable powers which, like all special gifts, become irksome to their owner when they are not in use.
A series of staccato taps on the west window brought Anne flying in from the yard, eyes shining, cheeks faintly flushed with pink, unbraided hair streaming behind her in a torrent of brightness.
The program that night was a series of “thrills” for at least one listener in the audience, and, as Anne assured Diana, every succeeding thrill was thrillier than the last.
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