serial
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈsɪəriəl/
- She arranged the books on the shelf in serial order by authors' last names.
- a serial killer
- a serial port
- a serial CT scan
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- So he's now clearly a, a serial entrepreneur in that sense.
- The for the serial killing, not the painting.
- He's an author, serial entrepreneur, the list goes on and on.
- And so that's totally changed law enforcement and that's why serial killers have vanished.
- How do you know I play a serial killer?
- They end up fathering in a serial selective fashion.
- I the work of the ordinary serial algorithm, OK.
- Then we follow that with serial dot print voltage and serial dot print volts.
- My Linux doesn't work well with the Arduino serial driver and off table flip.
- Just gently feed it the odd serial line character.
- He was a serial skill collector like I am.
Examples
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There is the maker's serial number.
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We need at least 10 different serial numbers.
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Now this is a serial multi story structure.
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One thing is that you guys are serial entrepreneurs, should I say, right?
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One of the major vehicles in this strategy is serial drama, particularly the "soap opera."
Academic text (1992) -
I've been a serial entrepreneur for most of my life.
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The Congressional Serial Set, as its name suggests, is cataloged as a serial.
Academic text (2015) -
The episodes of this show are released in a serial format, allowing viewers to follow the storyline week by week.
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He completed the tasks in a serial manner, finishing one before starting the next.
Synonyms
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4.0
Happening one after another without a break
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4.3
Coming one after another without a break
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4.9
Happening in a set order one part after another
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8.9
Happening one after another in order
Compounds
- NSFW
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7.3
A person who kills more than three people, usually one at a time, over a short time
- Specialized
2
3.7
A socket on a computer used to connect devices and send data one bit at a time
- Specialized
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9.4
A 20th-century style of music that uses a fixed order of notes to build an entire piece
- Specialized
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6.0
A way of doing tasks one after another so each finishes before the next
- Specialized
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6.0
Tasks happen one after another, each starting after the last finishes
- Archaic
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4.1
A machine that puts letters or numbers on paper one at a time using a serial port
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Morphology
Etymology
Serial comes from the word series, which means 'a row' or 'things in a set order'. So serial describes things that happen one after another.