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Serial and Drama Definitions

Serial

Of, forming, or arranged in a series.

Drama

A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action.

Serial

Published or produced in installments, as a novel or television drama.

Drama

A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema.

Serial

Relating to such publication or production.

Drama

Theatrical plays of a particular kind or period
Elizabethan drama.
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Serial

Relating to or engaging in a series of similar acts or behaviors
Serial arson.
A serial procrastinator.

Drama

The art or practice of writing or producing dramatic works.

Serial

(Music) Relating to or based on a row of tones, especially the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale.

Drama

A situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic progression or emotional effect characteristic of a play
The drama of the prisoner's escape and recapture.

Serial

Of or relating to the sequential transmission of all the bits of a byte over one wire
A serial port.
A serial printer.

Drama

The quality or condition of being dramatic
A summit meeting full of drama.
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Serial

Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations
Serial processing.

Drama

A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
The author released her latest drama, which became a best-seller.

Serial

A work of entertainment, as in film or literature, published or produced in installments that usually contain a narrative thread or overarching theme; a series.

Drama

Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)

Serial

Having to do with or arranged in a series.

Drama

Theatrical plays in general
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Serial

(of a person) Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.
The serial killer had a string of victims across seven states.
He was a serial entrepreneur, always coming up with a new way to make cash.

Drama

A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play
After losing my job, having a car crash, and the big row with my neighbours, I don't need any more drama.

Serial

Published or produced in installments.

Drama

(slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.

Serial

(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing.

Drama

A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.
A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.

Serial

A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.

Drama

A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
Westward the course of empire takes its way;The four first acts already past,A fifth shall close the drama with the day;Time's noblest offspring is the last.
The drama and contrivances of God's providence.

Serial

A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.

Drama

Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

Serial

A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.
Go to these sites for serials, cracks and keygens.

Drama

A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage;
He wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway

Serial

(UK) A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.

Drama

An episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

Serial

(transitive) to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

Drama

The literary genre of works intended for the theater

Serial

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

Drama

The quality of being arresting or highly emotional

Serial

Of or pertaining to rows.

Serial

A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.

Serial

A serialized set of programs;
A comedy series
The Masterworks concert series

Serial

A periodical that appears at scheduled times

Serial

In regular succession without gaps;
Serial concerts

Serial

Pertaining to or composed in serial technique;
Serial music

Serial

Pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series;
Serial monogamy
Serial killing
A serial killer
Serial publication

Serial

Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations;
Serial processing

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