| series | | |
| n. (group) | 1. series | similar things placed in order or happening one after another.; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies" |
| ~ stations, stations of the cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary. |
| ~ chain, concatenation | a series of things depending on each other as if linked together.; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" |
| ~ cordon | a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing. |
| ~ course, line | a connected series of events or actions or developments.; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
| ~ cycle | a series of poems or songs on the same theme.; "Schubert's song cycles" |
| ~ electrochemical series, electromotive force series, electromotive series | a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions; the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series. |
| ~ hierarchy | a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system.; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values" |
| ~ ordering, ordination, order | logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements.; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" |
| ~ nexus | a connected series or group. |
| ~ patterned advance, progression | a series with a definite pattern of advance. |
| ~ blizzard, rash | a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences.; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits" |
| ~ sequence | serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern.; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA" |
| ~ train, string | a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding.; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought" |
| ~ succession | a group of people or things arranged or following in order.; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures" |
| ~ wave train | a succession of waves spaced at regular intervals. |
| ~ helium group | the series of inert gases. |
| ~ actinide series | (chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium. |
| ~ lanthanide series | the rare-earth elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71; having properties similar to lanthanum. |
| n. (communication) | 2. serial, series | a serialized set of programs.; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series" |
| ~ broadcast, program, programme | a radio or television show.; "did you see his program last night?" |
| ~ instalment, installment, episode | a part of a broadcast serial. |
| ~ soap opera | a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products). |
| ~ tetralogy | a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels). |
| n. (communication) | 3. serial, serial publication, series | a periodical that appears at scheduled times. |
| ~ instalment, installment | a part of a published serial. |
| ~ periodical | a publication that appears at fixed intervals. |
| ~ semiweekly | a periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year). |
| ~ weekly | a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year). |
| ~ semimonthly | a periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year). |
| ~ monthly | a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year). |
| ~ quarterly | a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year). |
| ~ bimonthly | a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year). |
| ~ biweekly | a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year). |
| ~ issue, number | one of a series published periodically.; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" |
| n. (event) | 4. series | (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams.; "the visiting team swept the series" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ contest, competition | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| ~ home stand | a series of successive games played at a team's home field or court. |
| ~ world series | series that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship.; "we watched the World Series on TV" |
| n. (linkdef) | 5. series | (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other.; "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors" |
| ~ electronics | the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices. |
| ~ connection, connectedness, connexion | a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it).; "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" |
| n. (group) | 6. series | a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection.; "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies" |
| ~ group, grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. |
| n. (cognition) | 7. series | (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions. |
| ~ multinomial, polynomial | a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms. |
| ~ power series | the sum of terms containing successively higher integral powers of a variable. |
| ~ convergency, convergence | the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit. |
| ~ divergency, divergence | an infinite series that has no limit. |
| ~ geometric series | a geometric progression written as a sum. |
| ~ fourier series | the sum of a series of trigonometric expressions; used in the analysis of periodic functions. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ exponential series | a series derived from the expansion of an exponential expression. |
| interconnect | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. complect, interconnect, interlink | be interwoven or interconnected.; "The bones are interconnected via the muscle" |
| ~ link up, connect, link, unite, join | be or become joined or united or linked.; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" |
| ~ intercommunicate | be interconnected, afford passage.; "These rooms intercommunicate" |
| v. (contact) | 2. interconnect, interlink | cause to be interconnected or interwoven. |
| ~ connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| connect | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ ground | connect to a ground.; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ daisy-chain | connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer. |
| ~ tie | unite musical notes by a tie. |
| ~ interconnect, interlink | cause to be interconnected or interwoven. |
| ~ tee | connect with a tee.; "tee two pipes" |
| ~ put through | connect by telephone.; "the operator put a call through to Rio" |
| ~ hitch | connect to a vehicle:.; "hitch the trailer to the car" |
| ~ hang together, interdepend | be connected.; "In my heart I can make the world hang together" |
| ~ bridge, bridge over | connect or reduce the distance between. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in | make a logical or causal connection.; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" |
| ~ remember | exercise, or have the power of, memory.; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ interrelate | place into a mutual relationship.; "I cannot interrelate these two events" |
| ~ correlate | bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation.; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information" |
| ~ identify | conceive of as united or associated.; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" |
| ~ free-associate | associate freely.; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories" |
| ~ have in mind, think of, mean | intend to refer to.; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" |
| v. (stative) | 3. connect, join, link, link up, unite | be or become joined or united or linked.; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" |
| ~ syndicate | join together into a syndicate.; "The banks syndicated" |
| ~ articulate | unite by forming a joint or joints.; "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones" |
| ~ complect, interconnect, interlink | be interwoven or interconnected.; "The bones are interconnected via the muscle" |
| v. (communication) | 4. connect | join by means of communication equipment.; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" |
| ~ connect | join for the purpose of communication.; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (contact) | 5. connect | land on or hit solidly.; "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| v. (communication) | 6. connect | join for the purpose of communication.; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" |
| ~ connect | join by means of communication equipment.; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (stative) | 7. connect | be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation.; "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (social) | 8. connect | establish a rapport or relationship.; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" |
| ~ get in touch, touch base, connect | establish communication with someone.; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" |
| ~ relate | have or establish a relationship to.; "She relates well to her peers" |
| v. (social) | 9. connect, get in touch, touch base | establish communication with someone.; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ connect | establish a rapport or relationship.; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" |
| v. (contact) | 10. connect, plug in, plug into | plug into an outlet.; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ infix, insert, introduce, enter | put or introduce into something.; "insert a picture into the text" |
| v. (contact) | 11. connect | hit or play a ball successfully.; "The batter connected for a home run" |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| join | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. articulation, join, joint, junction, juncture | the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. |
| ~ esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction | the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium. |
| ~ connexion, link, connection | a connecting shape. |
| n. (group) | 2. join, sum, union | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets.; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| ~ direct sum | a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets. |
| v. (social) | 3. fall in, get together, join | become part of; become a member of a group or organization.; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" |
| ~ sign up | join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate,.; "Sign up for yoga classes" |
| ~ band oneself, league together | attach oneself to a group. |
| ~ unionise, unionize, organise, organize | form or join a union.; "The auto workers decided to unionize" |
| ~ affiliate | join in an affiliation.; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group" |
| ~ rejoin | join again. |
| ~ infiltrate, penetrate | enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members.; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor" |
| ~ unite, unify | act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. |
| v. (contact) | 4. bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ ancylose, ankylose | produce ankylosis by surgery. |
| ~ connect | join for the purpose of communication.; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" |
| ~ connect | join by means of communication equipment.; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ miter | fit together in a miter joint. |
| ~ ply | join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding.; "ply fabric" |
| ~ close up, close | unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of.; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella" |
| ~ anastomose, inosculate | cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis.; "anastomose blood vessels" |
| ~ couple, mate, pair, twin, match | bring two objects, ideas, or people together.; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" |
| ~ match | give or join in marriage. |
| ~ mortice, mortise | join by a tenon and mortise. |
| ~ cog | join pieces of wood with cogs. |
| ~ fair | join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly. |
| ~ scarf | unite by a scarf joint. |
| ~ rebate | join with a rebate.; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone" |
| ~ rabbet | join with a rabbet joint. |
| ~ seam | put together with a seam.; "seam a dress" |
| ~ bridge | make a bridge across.; "bridge a river" |
| ~ connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| ~ close | bring together all the elements or parts of.; "Management closed ranks" |
| ~ ligate | join letters in a ligature when writing. |
| ~ assemble, put together, tack together, piece, set up, tack | create by putting components or members together.; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" |
| ~ sovietise, sovietize | bring under Soviet control, of a country. |
| v. (social) | 5. join | come into the company of.; "She joined him for a drink" |
| v. (contact) | 6. conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ feather | join tongue and groove, in carpentry. |
| ~ attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| ~ cross-link | join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein). |
| ~ anastomose, inosculate | come together or open into each other.; "the blood vessels anastomose" |
| ~ connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| ~ yoke | become joined or linked together. |
| ~ engraft, graft, ingraft | cause to grow together parts from different plants.; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" |
| ~ splice | join together so as to form new genetic combinations.; "splice genes" |
| ~ splice | join the ends of.; "splice film" |
| ~ patch, piece | to join or unite the pieces of.; "patch the skirt" |
| ~ solder | join or fuse with solder.; "solder these two pipes together" |
| ~ weld | join together by heating.; "weld metal" |
| ~ quilt | stitch or sew together.; "quilt the skirt" |
| ~ entwine, knit | tie or link together. |
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