serial
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈsɪəriəl/
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- She arranged the books on the shelf in serial order by authors' last names.
- a serial killer
- a serial port
- a serial CT scan
So he's now clearly a, a serial entrepreneur in that sense.
- 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
154
4.0
Happening one after another without a break
37
4.3
Coming one after another without a break
17
4.9
Happening in a set order one part after another
1
8.9
Happening one after another in order
Compounds
- NSFW
6
7.3
A person who kills more than three people, usually one at a time, over a short time
- Specialized
1
3.7
A socket on a computer used to connect devices and send data one bit at a time
- Specialized
A 20th-century style of music that uses a fixed order of notes to build an entire piece
- Specialized
Tasks happen one after another, each starting after the last finishes
- Archaic
A machine that puts letters or numbers on paper one at a time using a serial port
- Specialized
A way of doing tasks one after another so each finishes before the next
How Often
Surface Forms
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.