noun · academic
series
UK/ˈsɪəriːz/US/ˈsɪriz/SE·ries
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a number of similar or related things coming one after another
Examples
“The researchers ran a series of experiments to test the hypothesis.”
“The TV channel broadcast a series about climate change.”
“A series of peaks in the graph indicated repeated spikes in demand.”
Band 8 sentence
“The study presented a carefully controlled series of trials that together demonstrated the effect.”
Collocations
- a series of
- a TV/lecture series
- a series of experiments/cases
Word family
series nounserial adjective
Common mistakes
a serieses→a series
Series of experiments shows...→A series of experiments shows...
The series are long and varied.→The series is long and varied.
Say it for a higher band
5set→6sequence→7+series
Synonyms
sequence
set
Easily confused
sequence
“The sequence of events helped investigators reconstruct the accident.”
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