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ser.

ser. is the abbreviation of serial.

ser. is the abbreviation of series.

Meaning of serial

Noun

serial (plural serials)

  1. A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
  2. A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
  3. (slang) A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.
    • Go to these sites for serials, cracks and keygens.
  4. (UK) A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.
    • The practice, especially among members of shield serials, of 'whooping like cowboys and indians' and beating of truncheons on riot shields must cease as this tends to frighten and intimidate rioters.1992, James Donald, Ali Rattansi, Race, Culture and Difference, page 66

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Meaning of series

Noun

series (plural series or (obsolete) serieses)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
    Synonyms:
    show, program
  3. (UK) Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”).
    • I enjoyed the third series of Friends.
    Synonyms:
    season
  4. The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.
    • The harmonic series has been much studied.
  5. 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.
  6. The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.

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Questions about ser.

What is ser. the abbreviation of?
Ser. is the abbreviation of serial.

Words near ser. in the dictionary

  1. Sequoyah
  2. Sequoyah County
  3. Sequoyan
  4. sequuntur
  5. ser
  6. ser.
  7. sera
  8. Serabend
  9. Serabends
  10. serac
  11. seracs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ser. (page history and authors); serial (page history and authors); series (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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