- 1[usually before noun] (technology) arranged in a series tasks carried out in the same serial order
- 2[only before noun] doing the same thing in the same way several times a serial rapist
- 3[only before noun] (of a story, etc.) broadcast or published in several separate parts a novel in serial form
NAmE//ˈsɪriəli//
adverbSee serial in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: serial