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mini-series

mini-series is the alternative form of miniseries.

Meaning of miniseries

Noun

miniseries (plural miniseries)

  1. A radio or television series with a small number of episodes not intended to last a complete season.
    • My favorite miniseries of all time is the old BBC adaptation of "I, Claudius".
  2. A relatively short comic book series with a predetermined number of instalments.

Forms of mini-series

pluralmini-serieses

Questions about mini-series

What is mini-series the alternative form of?
Mini-series is the alternative form of miniseries.

Words near mini-series in the dictionary

  1. mini-putt
  2. mini-retirement
  3. mini-retirements
  4. mini-roundabout
  5. mini-roundabouts
  6. mini-series
  7. mini-shinkansen
  8. mini-shinkansens
  9. mini-skirt
  10. mini-skirts
  11. mini-stroke

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mini-series (page history and authors); miniseries (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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