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UK
/sˈiəɹɪəs/
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[ US /ˈsɪɹiəs/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪɹiəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
of great consequence
marriage is a serious matter -
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
are you serious or joking?
a serious young man
Don't be so serious!
a serious student of history
gave me a serious look
a serious attempt to learn to ski -
appealing to the mind
good music
a serious book - completely lacking in playfulness
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requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
raised serious objections to the proposal
the plan has a serious flaw -
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
a severe case of pneumonia
a serious turn of events
grievous bodily harm
a life-threatening disease
a dangerous operation
a grave illness
a grave situation
a serious wound
How To Use serious In A Sentence
- The only seriously bad bit is that you become less agile and less strong. Times, Sunday Times
- Moreover some parts of gain will devolute to Italian Red Cross seriously employed in the disastrous earthquake land that hit the middle lands of Italia few weeks ago. MacMegasite
- He did his final piece of serious work on Tuesday morning, which was grand, and we have just kept him ticking over with a couple of canters.
- So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse.
- More serious motoring offences such as uninsured driving would carry a £10 surcharge.
- Hundreds of the aircraft are on order, but loss of the Northwest batch is a serious setback.
- They seemed to be in a serious mood, perhaps brooding on the deteriorating human behaviour that cannot see that he is cutting the same very branch that he is sitting on.
- The communication was seriously disrupted by the storm.
- A serious road accident caused traffic chaos yesterday.
- Another serious fungal disease in Africa is Fusarium wilt or Panama disease, which attacks the roots of the banana plant, affecting the vascular system required for mineral and water transport.
