serial format

collocation in English

meaningsofserialandformat

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serial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əl/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əl/
used to describe a person who repeatedly commits a similar crime or carries out a similar bad act, or the crime or ...
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format
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfɔː.mæt/us
/ˈfɔːr.mæt/
a pattern, plan, ...
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(Definition ofserialandformatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The ads were in aserialformat, with each ad ending on a cliffhanger.
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The success of the serial ended doom-mongering about the sound technology being the end of theserialformat.
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At the time, newspapers published novels in aserialformatwith one chapter appearing every month.
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The revival began with two individual episodes, and then returned to the cliffhangerserialformat.
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For all types of plates, the motorcycle version uses the sameserialformatand colors but with a smaller overall plate size.
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Series 18 became the first series to be broadcast inserialformat, and generally, only one episode was broadcast per week.
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He intended for the series to lack continuity starting from the pilot, but established aserialformatafter starting to work on the second episode.
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Theserialformatknown as the "roman-feuilleton" presented stories in short regular installments, often accompanied by melodramatic plots and stock characters.
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The show employs aserialformat, and its ongoing storyline developed from absurdist comedy to include mystery and thriller elements.
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It was initially published inserialformatstarting in the autumn of 1910, and was first published in its entirety in 1911.
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Starting with the 2005 revival, the production team abandoned the traditionalserialformatfor a largely self-contained episodic format with occasional multi-part stories and loose story arcs.
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At 23.8 hours, it is one of the longest non-feature length motion picture series ever filmed (and is believed to be "the" longest of the filmserialformat).
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