- [countable] a set of television or radio programmes or podcasts that deal with the same subject or that have the same characters
- The first episode of the new series is on Saturday.
- Her stories have been made into a TV series.
- She has a small part in a drama series for radio.
- the hit comedy series ‘The Big Bang Theory’
Collocations TelevisionTelevisionWatching- watch television/TV/a show/(British English) a programme/(North American English) a program/a documentary/a pilot/a rerun/a repeat
- see (especially British English) an ad/(especially North American English) a commercial/the news/the weather
- catch/miss a show/a programme/a program/an episode/the news
- pick up/reach for/grab the remote (control)
- change/switch channel
- surf (through)/ (especially North American English) flip through/ (especially British English) flick through the channels
- sit in front of/switch on/switch off/turn on/turn off the television/the TV/the TV set
- have/install satellite (TV)/cable (TV)/a satellite dish
- show a programme/a documentary/an ad/a commercial
- screen a programme/a documentary
- run an ad/a commercial
- broadcast/ (especially North American English) air/repeat a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a series
- go out/air/be recorded live
- attract/draw (in)/pull (in) viewers
- be a hit with viewers/audiences/critics
- get (low/high) ratings
- be on/appear on television/TV/a TV show
- take part in a phone-in/a game show/a quiz show/a reality TV show
- host a show/a programme/series/a game show/a quiz show/a talk show/(British English) a chat show
- be/become/work as a/an (British English) TV presenter/talk-show host/sports commentator/anchorman/(British English) newsreader
- read/present the news
- appear/perform live (on TV)
- do/film/make a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a pilot/a series/an ad/a commercial
- work on a soap (opera)/a pilot (episode)/a sitcom
- write/produce a drama/sitcom/spin-off/comedy series
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsa2- a special two-part series on the economy
- The BBC has already commissioned a second series.
- We watched the final part of a series on Australian wildlife.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- radio
- television
- TV
- …
- film
- commission
- broadcast
- …
- in a/the series
- series about
- series on
- …
- an episode of a series
- a part of a series
- [countable, usually singular] several events or things of a similar kind that happen one after the other
- series of something The incident sparked off a series of events that nobody had foreseen.
- This case raises a whole series of important questions.
- The two sides held a series of meetings in the summer.
- The movie consisted of a series of flashbacks.
- in a series of something This is the latest in a series of articles on the nature of modern society.
Extra Examples- He is in hospital for a whole series of tests.
- The quartet will be performing in a series of lunchtime concerts.
- He had committed a series of minor criminal offences.
- The shooting was the latest in a series of violent attacks in the city.
- You will need to have a series of vaccinations before you visit the area.
- the final book in the series
- She wrote a whole series of novels between 1985 and 2005.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entire
- whole
- ongoing
- …
- in a/the series
- series of
- the first of a/the series
- the last of a/the series
- the first in a series
- …
- [countable] (sport) a set of sports games played between the same two teams
- the World Series (= in baseball)
- England have lost the Test series (= of cricket matches) against India.
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2- India must win to level the series.
- They took the first two games in the series.
- The Bronx Bombers won two of three in a weekend series with the Red Sox.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- racing
- World Series
- championship
- …
- lose
- win
- level
- …
- in the series
- series with
- [uncountable, countable] (specialist) an electrical circuit in which the current passes through all the parts in the correct order
- batteries connected in series
- a series circuit
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘row, chain’, from serere ‘join, connect’.
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