serial

IPA: sˈɪriʌɫ

noun

  • A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
  • A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
  • (computing, slang) A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.
  • (UK) A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.

verb

  • (transitive) to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

adjective

  • Having to do with or arranged in a series.
  • (of a person) Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.
  • Published or produced in installments.
  • (grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing.
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Examples of "serial" in Sentences

  • She is the protaganist of the serial.
  • The serial killer was arrested last night.
  • Another controversy involves the title of the serial.
  • The serial opened the tenth anniversary year of the series.
  • In the 80s, it was the relentless, unstoppable serial killer.
  • In the 80s, he was the relentless, unstoppable serial killer.
  • It was a spoof of the cliched melodramatic serials of the era.
  • Fresno was a 1986 spoof of the primetime serials of the period.
  • At the end of the serial, Turlough asks to accompany the Doctor.
  • In the US, the most common form of the serial remains the miniseries.

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