Serial
adjective
Happening or coming one after the other in a series.
The serial numbers on the dollar bills were all in order.
Often appears as...
- serial number
- serial killer
noun
A story or play appearing in regular installments, such as on television or radio.
We watched the latest episode of our favorite television serial.
Often appears as...
- television serial
- radio serial
adjective
Relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations.
Serial processing is slower than parallel processing.
Often appears as...
- serial port
- serial communication
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Technical
noun
A person who commits a series of murders, often with no apparent motive.
The police were on the hunt for a serial killer.
Often appears as...
- serial killer
- serial murderer
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Disapproving
adjective
Happening or coming one after the other in a series.
The serial numbers on the dollar bills were all in order.
Often appears as...
- serial number
- serial killer
noun
A story or play appearing in regular installments, such as on television or radio.
We watched the latest episode of our favorite television serial.
Often appears as...
- television serial
- radio serial
adjective
Relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations.
Serial processing is slower than parallel processing.
Often appears as...
- serial port
- serial communication
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who commits a series of murders, often with no apparent motive.
The police were on the hunt for a serial killer.
Often appears as...
- serial killer
- serial murderer
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Order of Events
Used when events or items are arranged in a specific order without gaps.
Her paintings were displayed in serial order.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Simultaneous
Indicates things are not happening at the same time, but one after another.
The tests will be taken in serial, not all at once.
Pro Tip 1/2Order of Events
Used when events or items are arranged in a specific order without gaps.
Her paintings were displayed in serial order.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Simultaneous
Indicates things are not happening at the same time, but one after another.
The tests will be taken in serial, not all at once.
Pro Tip 1/2Order of Events
Used when events or items are arranged in a specific order without gaps.
Her paintings were displayed in serial order.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Simultaneous
Indicates things are not happening at the same time, but one after another.
The tests will be taken in serial, not all at once.
Compare with
consecutivecontinuegradualprogressiverepeatrepetitivesequentialsubsequentsuccessive
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These Robots Come to the...
only when she was deep in the rubble, because that's what the USAR team said they wanted. What we didn't know at the time was that the civil engineers would have loved, needed the data as we recorded the box beams, the serial numbers, the locations, as we went into the rubble.
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Grammar's great divide:...
showed up as well. Ultimately, the serial comma may be useful or annoying, but your opinion on it, as for many optional things, probably has something to do with whichever style you were raised on. Your high school teachers favored it? It's likely you're still using it.
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The promise of quantum...
of classical semiconductor computing. Classical computers operate everything is either yes or no, on or off, with no in between. They also operate serially; they can only do one thing at a time. Quantum computers operate probabilistically, and most importantly,
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This Spider Wears Its...
to her deck and cements her place within my nightmares for years to come so to recap the zou Darian spider finds an ant colony goes inside finds a loner and kills it wears its skin as camouflage and uses it sent to help mask its escape it is a serial
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Rob Harmon: How the...
He gets paid to leave the water in the stream. This guy's measuring the water that this leaves in the stream. We then take the measured water, we divide it into thousand-gallon increments. Each increment gets a serial number and a certificate,
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Jeremy Jackson: How we...
of a kind of serial depletion from bigger and tastier species to smaller and not-so-tasty species, from species that were near to home to species that were all around the world, and what have you. It's a little hard to understand that,
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Storytelling can be...
never been abused in her life she came from a very nice family and Australia she was a serial con artist an imposter she was someone who had pulled this off many times before and would go on to do it again by the time we catch up with
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Strange answers to the...
would not wanting to hang out with serial killers be a side of madness anyway he seemed completely normal to me but what did I know but I've got home I emailed his punished and honestly made and I said what's the story and he said
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How to spot a...
Make sure the portrait looks lifelike and not flat, the seal has perfectly even sawtooth points, the inked border is unbroken, and the serial number has precisely equal spacing between each number.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
Now, obviously I said this in a fit of mild irritation. But it would never have occurred to me to think that just because I had read a novel in which a character was a serial killer
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These Robots Come to the...
only when she was deep in the rubble, because that's what the USAR team said they wanted. What we didn't know at the time was that the civil engineers would have loved, needed the data as we recorded the box beams, the serial numbers, the locations, as we went into the rubble.
Video examples
Grammar's great divide:...
showed up as well. Ultimately, the serial comma may be useful or annoying, but your opinion on it, as for many optional things, probably has something to do with whichever style you were raised on. Your high school teachers favored it? It's likely you're still using it.
Video examples
The promise of quantum...
of classical semiconductor computing. Classical computers operate everything is either yes or no, on or off, with no in between. They also operate serially; they can only do one thing at a time. Quantum computers operate probabilistically, and most importantly,
Video examples
This Spider Wears Its...
to her deck and cements her place within my nightmares for years to come so to recap the zou Darian spider finds an ant colony goes inside finds a loner and kills it wears its skin as camouflage and uses it sent to help mask its escape it is a serial
Video examples
Rob Harmon: How the...
He gets paid to leave the water in the stream. This guy's measuring the water that this leaves in the stream. We then take the measured water, we divide it into thousand-gallon increments. Each increment gets a serial number and a certificate,
Video examples
Jeremy Jackson: How we...
of a kind of serial depletion from bigger and tastier species to smaller and not-so-tasty species, from species that were near to home to species that were all around the world, and what have you. It's a little hard to understand that,
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Storytelling can be...
never been abused in her life she came from a very nice family and Australia she was a serial con artist an imposter she was someone who had pulled this off many times before and would go on to do it again by the time we catch up with
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
would not wanting to hang out with serial killers be a side of madness anyway he seemed completely normal to me but what did I know but I've got home I emailed his punished and honestly made and I said what's the story and he said
Video examples
How to spot a...
Make sure the portrait looks lifelike and not flat, the seal has perfectly even sawtooth points, the inked border is unbroken, and the serial number has precisely equal spacing between each number.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
Now, obviously I said this in a fit of mild irritation. But it would never have occurred to me to think that just because I had read a novel in which a character was a serial killer
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Karishma Tanna
Indian Actress
In films, you work for three to six months, and you're out of the character. But for a daily soap, you don't have that luxury. So the character has to be convincing. Otherwise, your mind is not in it, and you're just working for money, which is a good amount in serials. But I want both: good acting and good money.
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Liev Schreiber
American Actor
The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor.
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Gurmeet Choudhary
Indian Actor
There's also been a time when I had become the highest paid TV actor of all time. I could have stayed in my comfort zone, making crores with serials. But I always wanted to act in films.
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Laura Wade
British Playwright
Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically personal.
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Ted Sarandos
American Businessman
There's not a lot of really great, deep, serialized television, and we can see from the data that that's what people want.
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Pat Brown
American Entertainer
Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.
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Zawe Ashton
English Actress
Honestly, the life of a serial character on television, I'd love to write an essay about it.
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Hiten Tejwani
Indian Actor
For films, like my serials, I am looking for roles that help me evolve in the character.
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Himani Shivpuri
Indian Actress
Serials are for money, movies are for eternity and theatre is for self- satisfaction.
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Kiku Sharda
Indian Comedian
To me, every serial is equally important.
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Karishma Tanna
Indian Actress
In films, you work for three to six months, and you're out of the character. But for a daily soap, you don't have that luxury. So the character has to be convincing. Otherwise, your mind is not in it, and you're just working for money, which is a good amount in serials. But I want both: good acting and good money.
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Liev Schreiber
American Actor
The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor.
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Gurmeet Choudhary
Indian Actor
There's also been a time when I had become the highest paid TV actor of all time. I could have stayed in my comfort zone, making crores with serials. But I always wanted to act in films.
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Laura Wade
British Playwright
Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically personal.
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Ted Sarandos
American Businessman
There's not a lot of really great, deep, serialized television, and we can see from the data that that's what people want.
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Pat Brown
American Entertainer
Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.
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Zawe Ashton
English Actress
Honestly, the life of a serial character on television, I'd love to write an essay about it.
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Hiten Tejwani
Indian Actor
For films, like my serials, I am looking for roles that help me evolve in the character.
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Himani Shivpuri
Indian Actress
Serials are for money, movies are for eternity and theatre is for self- satisfaction.
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Kiku Sharda
Indian Comedian
To me, every serial is equally important.
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