serial

noun

A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, 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.

Published or produced in installments.

(of a person) Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.

(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing.

Roots

serereseri- · Latin · to join, link, bind together

Synonyms for serial

seriatev sequentialadj consecutiveadj successiveadj sequentadj

Words related to serial

triserial seriesn serialityn seriallyadv subseries serializedv miniseriesn episodesn seriatimadv nonparalleladj serializationn numbern episodicadj misnumber rerunsn sequentiallyadv

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