series

series is on the Academic Word List.

Noun

(countable) (singular) A series of events, meetings, experiments, etc. is several of them that happen one after the other and are related.
Three weeks ago troops and helicopters launched a series of attacks on Kurds in the region.

There has been a series of changes at the newspaper that began with the new editor.

The school will be hosting a series of lectures relating to poverty.
A TV or Radio series is a number of programs usually with the same setting and characters.
A series is a sporting event in which many teams compete for a championship.
Tonight is the final game of the Stanley Cup series.
(technical) If something is connected in series, electricity passes through each point before going to the next point.