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# series

noun (series, series)

«series» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A series is a group of things that come one after another, like books about the same characters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m1)
2. A TV series is a set of programmes with the same story or people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m2)
3. A number series is numbers in a row that follow a rule. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m3)
4. In sport a series is a set of games between the same teams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m4)
5. In electricity, things in series are joined one after another in a single loop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#m5)

### In the lessons

Maths: a number series (2, 4, 6, 8) — find the rule and the next number; a series of steps. Reading: a book series like a set of adventure books. Science: bulbs in series in a circuit (if one breaks, all go out). Everyday: a series of events, a TV series.

### Examples

- The book series has 7 books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x1)
- Write the next number in the series 2, 4, 6, 8. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x2)
- The team won the series 4 games to 2. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x3)
- She read 3 books of the series. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x4)
- We watched a nature series about the ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x5)
- A series of loud bangs woke the dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x6)
- In a series circuit, the bulbs share one path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x7)
- He finished the whole series in a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/#x8)

### Note

«Series» is the same in singular and plural: one series, two series. A series is a total of items in order; in number series look for the rule (add 2, double, ...). Trap: do not write «serie». In a circuit, «series» is the opposite of «parallel».

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is used for the long chain of numbers or letters, which the Sefer Yetzirah uses to show how the world grew out of one.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read the numbers and the letters in order as the steps by which God's creative word became more and more concrete, starting from the One.

### Examples

- 11) As the infinite series of numbers starts from one unit, so was the whole Universe formed a unity, that centres in the Godhead. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/series/#x1)
- 27) The author endeavors to show how the creative divine word became more condensed and how a new series of productions came out of three elements. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/series/#x2)
- He combined, weighed and changed : the א with all the other letters in succession, and all the others again with א; ב with all, and all again with ב; and so the whole series of letters. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/series/#x3)

### Note

«Series» is the same in singular and plural: one series, two series. A series is a total of items in order; in number series look for the rule (add 2, double, ...). Trap: do not write «serie». In a circuit, «series» is the opposite of «parallel».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «series» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«series» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/series.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «series» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/series/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«series» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/series.html) on Mova free.