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In my school, the older children are separate from the younger ones.

different; not the same

We stayed in separate rooms in the same hotel.

sep • a • rate • ly / ' sepratli / adverb Should we pay separately or together?

Sep .a . rate 2 © / 'sepsreit / verb ( sep - a - rates , sep - a - rat - ing , sep a - rat ed )

to stop being together

My parents separated when I was a baby.

—SYNONYM split up

to divide people or things; to keep people or things away from each other

The teacher separated the class into two groups. —SYNONYM split

to be between two things

The river separates the two sides of the city.

sep • a • ra • tion / |sepa ' rei/n / noun [ count, noncount ]

The separation from my family and friends made me very unhappy.

Sep .tem . ber © / sep'tembsr/ noun

[ count, noncount ] ( abbreviation Sept. ) the ninth month of the year

se • quel / ' sikwal / noun [ count ]

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a movie, book, etc. that continues the story of the one before Have you seen the Batman sequel?

se • quenceawl / ' sikwans / noun [ count ]

a number of things that happen or come one after another an extraordinary sequence of events Complete the following sequence: 2, 4, 8...

ser • geant / ' savant / noun [ count ]

an officer in the army or the police

se • ri • al / ' sirial / noun [ count ]

a story that is told in parts on television or in a magazine

se . ries © / 'siriz / noun [ count ] ( plural se . ries )

1 a number of things of the same kind that come one after another

heard a series of shots, and then silence.

a number of television or radio programs, often on the same subject, that come one after another

The first episode of the new series is on Saturday. a TV series on dinosaurs

( SPORTS ) a number of games that are played one after another by the same two teams

The Yankees won the World Series.

Se .ri .OUS © / 'sirios/ adjective

very bad

That was a serious mistake. They had a serious accident.

important

a serious decision

not funny

a serious play

If you are serious , you are not joking or playing Are you serious about going to live in Vermont? You look very serious. Is something wrong?

► se • ri • ous • ness / ' siriasnas / noun [ noncount ] The boy didn't understand the seriousness of his crime.

se • ri • ous • ly / ' siriasli / adverb

in a serious way She's seriously injured.

You're not seriously expecting me to believe that? Smoking can seriously damage your health. take someone or something seriously

to show that you know someone or something is important Don't take what he says too seriously — he's always joking.

ser • mon / ' sarman / noun [ count ]

( RELIGION ) a talk that a priest gives in church

ser • vant / ' sarvant / noun

[count]

a person who works in a rich person's house, doing work like cooking and cleaning

serve ©/ sarv / verb ( serve , ;erv ing, served )

to give food or drink to someone Breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

to do work for other people During the war he served in the army. it serves you right

words that you use to tell someone that it is right that a bad thing has happened to them

"I feel really sick." "It serves you right for eating so much!"

serv . ice © / 'son-os / noun

[ count ] a business that does useful work for all the people in a country or an area

The company is starting a new delivery service. financial services

[ noncount ] the work that someone does for customers in a store, restaurant, or hotel