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How to pronounce serial in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms in series, nonparallel
Derivation series


serial processing.
Type Words
Synonyms serial publication, series
Type of periodical
Has types biweekly, semiweekly, bimonthly, monthly, semimonthly, quarterly, weekly
Type Words
Synonyms series
Type of program, broadcast, programme
Has types soap opera, tetralogy
Type Words
Synonyms consecutive, sequent, sequential, successive
Derivation series


serial concerts.
Type Words
Derivation series


serial music.
Type Words
Derivation series


serial monogamy.
serial killing.
a serial killer.
serial publication.

Examples of serial

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My favorite serial entrepreneur, Benjamin Franklin, wasn't an adrenaline junkie.
From the forbes.com
It is just we know Lansley is a serial home flipper, bribed by private medicare.
From the independent.co.uk
Just under the number display is a fancy plate with the serial number 935158416.
From the courier-journal.com
The launcher has a serial number that can be used to track the chain of custody.
From the chron.com
The serial number was traced to an Army Air Corps pilot by the name of Melikian.
From the fresnobee.com
Yes, they say, North Korea's obvious and serial proliferation is a huge problem.
From the time.com
This information would include the make, model and serial number of the firearm.
From the courier-journal.com
Meanwhile every man tweets his own serial narrative, from the line at Starbucks.
From the theatlantic.com
It was silly for banks to misallocate so much capital by printing serial Minsky.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • A serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"
  • Consecutive: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"
  • Pertaining to or composed in serial technique; "serial music"
  • Series: a periodical that appears at scheduled times
  • Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; "serial processing"
  • Serial is a comedy film from 1980 produced by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay, by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias, is drawn from the novel '''' by Cyra McFadden, published in 1977. ...
  • Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three. ...
  • The term "serial" refers to the intrinsic property of a - namely, its order. In literature, the term is used as a noun to refer to a format (within a genre) by which a story is told in contiguous (typically chronological) installments in sequential issues of a single periodical publication.
  • Serials in television and radio are series that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode by episode fashion. ...