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Definition of serial adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

serial

adjective
 
 
/ˈsɪəriəl/
 
/ˈsɪriəl/
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  1.  
    [only before noun] doing the same thing in the same way several times; done in the same way several times
    • a serial rapist
    • He is wanted for serial murder.
    • Such people can be described as serial monogamists.
  2. [only before noun] (of a story, etc.) broadcast or published in several separate parts
    • a novel in serial form
    • The BBC has taken each installment of Charles Dickens' serial novel ‘Bleak House’ and created 15 half-hour episodes.
  3. [usually before noun] (specialist) arranged in a series
    • tasks carried out in the same serial order
    Homophones cereal | serialcereal   serial
     
    /ˈsɪəriəl/
     
    /ˈsɪriəl/
    • cereal noun
      • He took a box of breakfast cereal from the cupboard and put it on the table.
    • serial noun
      • All the female characters in this serial are very strong.
    • serial adjective
      • The novel was first published in serial form.
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