SERIES


Meaning of SERIES in English

noun

1 number of things that come one after another

ADJECTIVE

▪ entire , whole

He had a whole ~ of tests.

▪ ongoing

▪ recent

▪ endless , long

▪ complex

a complex ~ of events

▪ continuous

▪ infinite

▪ concert , lecture

▪ time

a time ~ showing the pattern of global warming

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

The quartet will be performing in a ~ of lunchtime concerts.

▪ ~ of

a ~ of events/interviews/meetings/lectures

a ~ of experiments/studies/tests

Guerrillas launched a ~ of attacks.

The union staged a ~ of strikes in April.

PHRASES

▪ the first of a/the ~ , the last of a/the ~

▪ the first in a ~ , the latest in a ~

2 on radio, TV, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ radio , television , TV

▪ book , DVD , film , movie , video

the Harry Potter book ~

▪ comedy , crime , documentary , drama , reality

▪ animated , anime , cartoon

▪ hit , popular

the hit comedy ~ ‘Friends’

▪ long-running

▪ classic

▪ original

▪ new

▪ forthcoming ( BrE ), upcoming ( esp. AmE )

▪ two-part , three-part , etc.

▪ weekly

▪ special

In the first of a special two-part ~ on the economy … 

VERB + SERIES

▪ film

▪ commission ( esp. BrE )

The BBC has already commissioned a second ~.

▪ broadcast , screen

▪ release

HBO has begun releasing the ~ on DVD.

▪ be based on

an anime ~ based on novels by Hiroyuki Morioka

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

She has a small part in a drama ~ for radio.

the final book in the ~

▪ ~ about , ~ on

We watched the final part of a ~ on Australian wildlife.

PHRASES

▪ an episode of a ~ , a part of a ~

3 a set of sports games

ADJECTIVE

▪ racing

▪ World Series (in baseball)

▪ championship , Test (in cricket)

Australia won the Test ~ against England.

▪ home (esp. in cricket)

▪ play-off ( AmE )

▪ two-game , three-game , etc. ( AmE )

▪ season , weekend (both AmE )

VERB + SERIES

▪ lose , win

▪ level ( BrE )

India must win to level the ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ in the ~

They took the first two games in the ~.

▪ ~ with

The Bronx Bombers won two of three in a weekend ~ with the Red Sox.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .