What does Serious mean?

Definitions for Serious
ˈsɪər i əsse·ri·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. seriousadjective

    concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

    "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

  2. seriousadjective

    of great consequence

    "marriage is a serious matter"

  3. dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threateningadjective

    causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

    "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

  4. good, seriousadjective

    appealing to the mind

    "good music"; "a serious book"

  5. unplayful, serious, soberadjective

    completely lacking in playfulness

  6. seriousadjective

    requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

    "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw"

Wiktionary

  1. seriousadjective

    Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn.

    It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious, laugh so heartily.

  2. seriousadjective

    Important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play; needing great attention; critical.

    This is a serious problem. We'll need our best experts.

  3. seriousadjective

    Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving; meaningful.

    After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention.

  4. Etymology: From seryows, from serieux, from seriosus, an extension of serius, from swēr-. Cognate with schwer, swær. More at swear, sweer.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SERIOUSadjective

    Etymology: serieux, Fr. serius, Latin.

    I’ll hence to London on a serious matter. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

    There’s nothing serious in mortality;
    All is but toys. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

Wikipedia

  1. Serious

    Serious is the 22nd single by English rock band Duran Duran. It was released 1 October 1990 as the second single from the Liberty album, reaching number three in Italy and number 48 in the United Kingdom.

ChatGPT

  1. serious

    Serious can be used to describe something that is significant, grave or of significant importance. It can be characterized by a lack of frivolity, playfulness, or lightheartedness. It often relates to situations or subjects that require deep thought, attention, or concern. Additionally, being serious can imply a sense of sincerity, commitment, or a determined attitude towards a particular matter.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seriousadjective

    grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile

  2. Seriousadjective

    really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving

  3. Seriousadjective

    important; weighty; not trifling; grave

  4. Seriousadjective

    hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury

Wikidata

  1. Serious

    "Serious" is the 22nd single by the English rock band Duran Duran. It was released 1 October 1990 as the second single from the Liberty album.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Serious

    sē′ri-us, adj. solemn: in earnest: important: attended with danger: weighty: professedly religious.—adjs. Sē′rio-com′ic, -al, partly serious and partly comical.—adv. Sē′riously, gravely, deeply: without levity.—n. Sē′riousness. [Fr. serieux—L. serius, akin to severus, severe.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Serious' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #793

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Serious' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1139

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Serious' in Adjectives Frequency: #92

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Serious in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Serious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Serious in a Sentence

  1. The Biden administration:

    Simply put, delaying the Standard would likely cost many lives per day, in addition to large numbers of hospitalizations, other serious health effects, and tremendous expenses, that is a confluence of harms of the highest order.

  2. William Reinsch:

    This is continuing to grow in scope and magnitude, it could end being really, really big, and really, really serious.

  3. Abbas Araghchi:

    We are on a specified path about which there are, fortunately, agreements, but there are serious obstacles in the way as well.

  4. Jeff Flake:

    Well, I'm not saying that I believe that the Trump campaign was involved with Russians on this. Frankly, my guess is that they didn't, i wouldn't want to believe that about anybody. But the accusations about the former president wiretapping, that's a serious allegation that you make about somebody. And that's not well-advised. And I would hope that the President would apologize and move on.

  5. Joey Meek:

    I'm sorry this all happened to everybody, and it could have been prevented if people would have taken him serious. But Dylann wasn't a serious person, and no one took him serious.

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