serial

Plural: serials

Noun

• A story or program presented in successive installments.
• a serialized set of programs
• a periodical that appears at scheduled times
• A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
• A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
• A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.
• A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.

Adjective Satellite

• in regular succession without gaps
  • "serial concerts"
• of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations
  • "serial processing"

Adjective

• pertaining to or composed in serial technique
  • "serial music"
• pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series
  • "serial monogamy"
  • "serial killing"
  • "a serial killer"
  • "serial publication"

Adj

• Having to do with or arranged in a series.
• Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.
• Published or produced in installments.
• Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing.

Verb

• to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

Examples

• Each Scrabble game felt like a SERIAL, with new challenges and narratives unfolding in every round.
• Go to these sites for serials, cracks and keygens.
• He was a serial entrepreneur, always coming up with a new way to make cash.
• The serial killer had a string of victims across seven states.

Synonyms

consecutive, in series, nonparallel, sequent, sequential, serial publication, series, successive, career

Related Words

fascicle, seriate, seriatim, seriation, series, twelve tone technique

Anagrams of serial