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miniseries

miniseries

1 3.4
A short series on TV, radio, or online that tells a complete story in a few episodes
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪnɪˌsɪriz/
translation icon : miniserie
  • The documentary miniseries provided an in-depth look at climate change over six thought-provoking parts.
  • miniseries or special
  • miniseries or movie
  • miniseries actress

And that is nothing compared to AMC's new Hillary miniseries Running Radham.

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Examples

  • I went to Boston University and majored in acting and I got cast in a Korean miniseries from New York.

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  • I binge-watched a gripping miniseries that explored the lives of characters during the Great Depression.

  • It's an animated miniseries on Cartoon Network.

  • And then that gets turned into a Netflix series, miniseries by Sarah Polley.

  • Yeah, that's, I mean, one of the best miniseries I've seen in years.

  • And an incredible writer, journalist, author, Thomas Page Mcbee, who I met doing a miniseries called Tales of the City.

  • I hope that this little miniseries has clarified communal narcissism for you.

  • He was born in La Spezia, Italy and made his television debut starring as David Copperfield in the TV miniseries Made by Rai.

  • The new historical miniseries tells the story of a famous battle in just four episodes.

How Long

soap opera
80 2.3
series
612 2.3
serial
40 3.4
miniseries
1 3.4
special
169 2.3

Surface Forms

miniseries singular
miniseries plural

Morphology

miniseries = series (transparent) = mini + series + mini

The prefix 'mini-' productively indicates a smaller or shorter version of a 'series', so the meaning 'short series' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Miniseries combines mini 'small' and series 'a set' of things, so think of it as a 'mini' TV story in just a few parts. That's why a miniseries is a short group of episodes that tells a complete story.