series
/ˈsɪɹ.iz/ nom B1En français : suite, série
- 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.
Pluriel series
Dans la bibliothèque
Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.
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.
Sherlock Holmes, the well-known consulting expert, have each come to the conclusion that the grotesque series of incidents, which have ended in so tragic a fashion, arise from lunacy rather than from deliberate crime.
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