serials
SaySEER-ee-uhlzUS/ˈsɪɹ.i.əlz/UK/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əlz/
- 1Plural of serial.
The streaming service added several classic radio serials to its catalog.
Magazine serials kept readers coming back week after week.
Note
The ending is the regular -s, and it attaches only to the noun. Serials can be installment dramas, publications issued in numbered parts, the codes that unlock software in slang, or, in UK usage, shielded police units sent to a riot. The adjective never takes it: a serial offender becomes serial offenders, with the plural carried by the noun it describes, not by serial itself.
serials is a form of serial
serial, noun: A dramatic or literary work released in successive installments, often numbered and without a set ending. Full entry
- Forms
- serialserials plural
- Spelling
- serial → serials: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with serials, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.