{
    "term": "serial",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "doing the same thing in the same way several times; done in the same way several times",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a serial rapist"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is wanted for serial murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such people can be described as serial monogamists."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "broadcast or published in several separate parts",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a novel in serial form"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The BBC has taken each installment of Charles Dickens' serial novel ‘Bleak House’ and created 15 half-hour episodes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "arranged in a series",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "tasks carried out in the same serial order"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪəriəl/",
                "audio": "se/serial/serial__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪriəl/",
                "audio": "se/serial/serial__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}